Question: What is IEEE 802.7 & IEEE 802.8? 

Answer: IEEE 802.7 is a sub-standard of the IEEE 802 which covers broadband local area networks. The working group did issue a recommendation in 1989, but is currently inactive and in hibernation.\n\nThe Fibre optic technical advisory group was to create a LAN standard for fibre optic media used in token passing computer networks like FDDI. This is part of the IEEE 802 group of standards.
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