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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications-News Only!!! (ASND)
ASND 223.73+0.7%Jan 29 3:59 PM EST

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To: Finder who wrote (330)10/16/1997 6:09:00 PM
From: Maverick   of 1629
 
Switch battle for backbones: ASND's GX550 vs CSCO's GSR 12000
At N+I in Atlanta las week, ASND and CSCO announced plans to release switches that support OC-48 (2.4Gbps) backbone speeds needed by MCI and ISPs.
The CSCO's GSR 12000 have an internal switching capacity as high as 60Gbps. Initially, they support OC-3 (155Mbps) and OC-12 (622Mbps), with OC-48 support due by 2nd qtr of 98 and OC-192 (9.6Gbps) support slated for an undetermined date.
ASND's GX 550 core switch can scale to 100Gbps internal speeds (switching fabric speed), with network switching initially availabe at OC-3 and OC-12. OC-48 support is expected early next year.
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