OC-768 availability?

Tue Jul 30 01:32:02 UTC 2002

Seriously, I don't see OC768 coming online en masse until they get the 
kinks worked out of optical switching. The transit times are so short thru 
the innards, in the order of picoseconds, that electronics is way too slow 
to perform such mundane tasks like determining where a packet is supposed 
to go.
Thus, all this will require optical computing to be available cheaply and a 
lot more widespread than it is now. Cross your fingers and hope for a 
quantum breakthrough...
OC192 is already pushing the limits of present technology.
And add to that, the sorry state of the major players in telecom, and I 
don't think you'll see them willing to pony up an investment in something 
like that until it's well established.
A typical egg/chicken situation......

At 16:10 7/29/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am currently running a network of cisco 2621s with the OC-192 NM for my 
>upstream connections. The internal network links are a mixture of K56Flex 
>modems and GRE tunnels.
>
>I am looking to upgrade to OC-768 real soon now and am wondering what the 
>prospects are for OC-768 availability on the 2621 platform. I've found the 
>2621 to be rock-solid, except when I ping it, so I'd like to keep my 
>network on that platform if possible.
>
>In addition, if anyone knows the availability of OC-768 circuits between 
>the following cities I'd appreciate any fiber maps and an approximate 
>price range:
>Ottawa, ON, CA
>Midland, ON, CA
>Goderich, ON, CA
>Toronto, ON, CA
>Compton, CA, US
>Sealand
>
>At each site I plan to announce a /24 from a /20 I was allocated so if 
>everyone could please update their prefix filters now that would be great.
>
>Thank you.
>
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