We are all watching with interest the engineering of very high speed chips with multiple cores, and very high speed comms connectivity directly to those chips through optical connectors directly to end devices (like Light Peak). We are also watching increased broadband, including Fiber, directly to houses (like Fios, of course).

But what about the backbone of the Internet?  If the very near future sees computers which can send and receive 10Gig each, and multiple computers like that in every household, then what will that mean to the fabric of the net? And add to that the ever increasing speeds of handheld devices (using 3G, LTE or Wifi) and the continuous connection to data networks and the Internet and it just underscores the need for continual enhancement of the net.

We have a need for speed.  Not theoretical speed from labs, but real speed available for purchase and installation.

With that need in mind listen to John Chambers here on Youtube:

Wow.  Cisco has been preparing for the growth.  Growth to what? A router supporting  322TB of capbility.  Imagine a network connection where every video ever made can be downloaded in 5 minutes.  Isn’t that how you want to connect to your ISP?   The cloud needs this.

One of the most surprising things to me:  The estimated price point. At a very low $90K it is a bit big for the house, but every business who is serious about video and every ISP that wants to remain and ISP and every teleco will be able to afford these as foundational Internet elements.

For more on the CRS-3, see:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5763/index.html

And for more on the need for speed, see:

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