Cisco Says New Router to "Forever Change the Internet": The Question Is 'When?'

[Hammie]

This is all just hype right now. There have been talks about this level of core network speed for some time. Cisco just brought the technology to market first over a long haul. AT&T and Csco have been doing it over short runs since the about 2006/7. Also, if anyone is familiar with the underwater optical cabling paths, TAT-14 has had OC768 running over it for a couple years also. Ciena has also been demonstrating OC768 (40G) and 10GE for a while now. There are a couple other companies that also can do this, maybe Juniper and Fore Systems, too. I need to look into that.

I 100% agree that it means nothing until the "last mile" is upgraded. 100GB is right around the corner for my home though. We're supposed to have it over the summer.