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To: Mr.Fun who wrote (3089)	11/4/1999 7:04:00 PM
From: Robert Sheldon	Respond to of 15615

Lookey here! biz.yahoo.com "Global Crossing expects to deploy permanent production IP over OC-192 in the first quarter of 2000." Thats one to two quarters ahead of their estimate of just a few days ago. Interesting.

To: Mr.Fun who wrote (3089)	11/5/1999 12:57:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 15615

Thanks, Mr. Fun. If the Nexabit engineers claims are correct, then they have taken us to the next level. I find some of this difficult to comprehend... that they were able to do at 192, and claim to be able to do at 764, what other so called Tbits can barely do at 48. Unless, again, they are instead collecting, aggregating, and then mapping serial streams on top of SONET. But, if they are doing lookups, executing policy decisions and forwarding packets at these rates, that would indeed be notable and something to talk about. Please don't get me wrong. I'd be delighted to see how it's done, along with a clearer explanation from their engineers. Having said that, I think that it would be good to note at this point that this application, the way things stand now, applies to domestic facilities only, and not submarine channels, yet. Corrections welcome. Frank

To: Mr.Fun who wrote (3089)	11/5/1999 6:38:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15615

Mr. Fun, in my last reply to you I stated "764" in error. There is no such thing, just for the sake of others who might be lurking. Of course, I intended to state OC-768. But given that I had just attended three hours of Thelonious Sphere Monk at Carnegie when I posted my message, 'round midnite, I was entitled to be at least a trinkle off minor. On a more serious note, I'll be pursuing this topic on the FCTF board, and hopefully we'll be able to recruit some hidden router talent here in SI to assist in exploring all of the aspects of these claims, with the hope of providing some explanations of what NX can and cannot do at this speed (OC192/768). If you hear anything further in the interim, I would appreciate your visiting us and advising as to your findings at: Subject 30664 Depending on what these capabilities actually turn out to be, this issue can be pivotal to the success of other plays in this space, since many of them are far behind these suggested capabilities, and this should be of interest to many. Best Regards, Frank Coluccio