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To: Daniel who wrote (2963)	2/2/2001 3:25:30 PM
From: James Fulop	Read Replies (1) of 3891

>>Somebody is already using bubbles to switch light beams (deflecting light between multiple outputs by using bubbles generated by piezoelectric or micromechanical devices similar to ink-jet printheads). (I think the response time is on the order of a millisecond or so, so it's good for short-term circuit switching, not per-packet routing.)<< Right, but my understanding was that technology is still in the lab at Agilent. Are you saying it is being used in full commercial deployment? "Another possibility is micro-mechanical mirrors, although I don't really know what their response time would be." Yes, actually I understand that this technology is farther along than the bubble one. To be honest, I may have mislead the thread by emphasizing my opinion on the technologies. I was actually more interested in the practical endeavor of finding out what specific router (and its specs) was being trialed (is that a verb in the networking sector?...lol.) Regards

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