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To: djane who wrote (51178)8/1/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: jach  Respond to of 61433
 
<<terrabit routers existing
*right now*. All the talk is about future plans and products
in development. So, talking about the fastest routers out there
(forget terrabit for a sec), we have

-- CSCO: The 12000 handles 622Mbps, with I think a maximum
port density of 16 per box. This is way way below terrabit and
also below Lucent's Packetstar.>>

speed is just one simple fact of networking, is like a very fast race car, speed is good but not necessarily great for every day driving;