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Cisco Router Delivers 322 Terabits Per Second

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This thing hyped all day on the business and news channels here. To bad not for home use, lol.

Cisco Systems, has announced the launch of a super-fast and effeciency-focused router technology which will be at the heart of "the next generation of the Internet". A key impetus for its development is keeping pace with the growing demand for video, which Cisco calls today's "killer app."

To put the power of this router (which will be used by service providers as part of the internet backbone) in perspective, it delivers 322 terabits per second. This speed translates into the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress being downloaded in a second. Put another way, it would enable every single person in China to make a simultaneous video call, or deliver every movie ever made in 4 minutes. (Storing them would be another matter, however.)

The CRS-3 is at the heart of this technology. This is the newest version of what is known as Carrier Routing System 1- which is one of the largest production routers.

Although you can't buy one for your home, this router will be used by service providers to bring you faster and hopefully, more fault-tolerant mobile broadband, video and cloud-based services. Cisco expects this to be available in final release in the third quarter of this year.

Source: PC Magazine
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This is awesome.
Thinking of speeds like that just makes me crazy.. It seems like yesterday when we had 56kbps connections!

However, having a router with that speed is one thing. Internet connections won't be that fast in the near future. It would be useful for large corporations that transfer a big amount of files between their terminals, for example movie studios, or even Rapidshare.
 
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