&gt; <i>So network speeds were limited to USB 2 speeds</i><p>Given that USB 2.0 is 480Mb&#x2F;s, and Ethernet is 100Mb&#x2F;s, there <i>is no bottleneck</i> when using the Pi&#x27;s Ethernet port. I really wish this myth that &quot;Pi Ethernet is slower than dialup because USB&quot; would just die.<p>Of course, like everyone else I&#x27;d love to see a new version of the Pi with Gigabit Ethernet directly connected to the system bus, and USB 3.0 while we&#x27;re at it. But that would greatly increase the cost of the device and also require a newer SoC that supports such things.