To: Linkdog who wrote (15039 ) 8/12/1999 3:30:00 PM From: Sector Investor Read Replies (1) | Respond to
A few points from that article to highlight:Traditionally, a core network overhaul would provide a carrier with three to five years of extra capacity, depending on network growth. However, that is not the case with the Internet. "The Internet is blowing away Moore's Law, which says companies can assimilate new technology every 12 to 18 months,' explains Andrew Greenfield, product manager for optical internetworking at Cisco. "With the Internet, consumption is doubling every three to six months.' "These routers were designed to scale from gigabit to multiple terabit speeds through software changes and new interfaces, rather than through the deployment of a new switch. Such system designs would make it simpler for ISPs to keep pace with rapid core bandwidth increases."Carriers want better self-healing features and more fault tolerance in the high-end routers. So, if router vendors deliver on their promises, carriers should build that terabit safety net sometime next year."
