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To: Juliet who wrote (22275)	4/4/2000 11:31:00 PM
From: Juliet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

More on this fancy gizmo they're calling an "optical router:" From: avici.com "...Avici's TSR is the only product available today that can drive the path to the "speed-of-light" optical networking in IP networks such as the Internet and meet the bandwidth demands of large-scale ASCI applications. These include remote medical diagnosis, distance editing of major motion pictures in real time, video conferencing at full motion video speeds with a variety of audio visual and virtual reality tools, remote testing and diagnosis of future transportation systems. Built to support a vast number of multi-megabit, "always-on" Internet connections, Avici's TSR is unlike any other product on the market. It has the scalability, resiliency and flexibility required to replace the circuit switches at the core of today's public networks as carriers migrate to next generation, IP-based technologies. The TSR can support over 8,000 OC-3c or 560 OC-192c connections, at cost savings of >50% over existing technologies. About NTON The National Transparent Optical Network is the West Coast backbone for the Next Generation Internet (NGI) "SuperNet" project, a research and development test bed for advanced high-bandwidth Internet applications administered under the auspices of the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA). NTON is being developed and operated by members of the NTON Consortium which include Nortel Networks, GST Telecommunications, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sprint Communications, and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). About Avici Systems Avici Systems, Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is the premier global provider of multi-terabit switch/router technology aimed at creating the next generation high-performance, IP-based carrier networks for the 21st century. The company recently shipped its Terabit Switch Router (TSR(r)), the industry's first commercially deployed terabit-capable backbone solution. Avici's patented technology, with superior scalability, resiliency, and port density, is enabling the first optical "speed of light" Internet backbone and is the ideal choice for worldwide facilities-based carriers and ISPs. Visit Avici's World Wide Website at avici.com.

To: Juliet who wrote (22275)	4/4/2000 11:44:00 PM
From: tripperd2	Respond to of 54805

Regarding optical routers, there is a nice discussion ongoing on the Motley Fool-Frozen Canuck's FiberHead Friends. There are several optical engineers that post quite regularly on the board. It is their opinion that a true optical router is quite a bit in the future-I have provided a link if anyone is interested-be warned-sometimes very technical and they do not have our lovely "read next 10 messages" feature. boards.fool.com You will have to sift around from here-I happen to like to read about optics-though I do not understand a lot of the details. Trip

To: Juliet who wrote (22275)	4/5/2000 12:36:00 AM
From: BDR	Respond to of 54805

<<One poster mentioned that he thought Agilent had made an announcement about a "pure optical" network. I searched but found nothing (so far) about any such Agilent announcement.>> marketwatch.newsalert.com Based on inkjet technology.

To: Juliet who wrote (22275)	4/5/2000 2:38:00 PM
From: JRH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Re: Optical Routing Their slogan is "ENABLING a new frontier by routing PACKETS OVER LIGHT" Juliet: Although I don't claim to be an expert in this area, my guess is that Avici is not using a pure optical router to do this. Like Cisco, they may be performing optical-electro-optical routing. Optical Routing will not be feasible for quite a while, if what I've read is true... BWDIK, Justin