NbwMvYItZ/yhmeizQs5PAXpb76Rzx2GXeOm1BvaVus1mJtLqxcbjpnZwZRpGxMciLmLW9sqcz4rxon6L hU7Bletqm3+UTqGTuzK50=; Received: from [172.17.67.246] (unverified [12.104.158.98]) by mx1-b.inoc.net (build v7.5.2) with ESMTP id 127880137-1941382 for <nanog@nanog.org>; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4696D017.7010100@inoc.net> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:06:31 -0400 From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor@inoc.net> Organization: INOC, LLC User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: peter lothberg's mother slashdotted References: <12997.1184264272@sa.vix.com> <20070712133910.B8475@sprockets.gibbar d.org> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707122342300.29164@uplift.swm.pp.se> <4696AB85.1030407@in oc.net> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707130039220.29164@uplift.swm.pp.se> <4696B668.2080807@i noc.net> <4696C8DA.3070101@bogus.com> In-Reply-To: <4696C8DA.3070101@bogus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-nanog@merit.edu Precedence: bulk Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu X-Loop: nanog Joel Jaeggli wrote:

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How practical is it really also that you need CRS-1 at the residence for this. I agree with Sean. Since for most people the line card alone costs more than the house. :-)

40Gb/s per slot routers are not that rare at this point. So the notion that you need a crs-1 in order to capitalize on 40G is I think demonstrably false.

As I said, "at the residence". I could care less if it's a CRS-1 or Acme router. My point is, you're not going to find any 40GB capable CPE now or in the foreseeable future that's going to be affordable for the residence. I know the intention of the article was to demonstrate the technological advantage of fiber optic networking vs. other technologies, but to mask the article around something that seems to indicate that "40GB to the home" is somehow the current benchmark is incredibly unrealistic. -Robert