Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: 4 port OC192 IR $1030k Is there anyone who can justify this pricing with anything else than "because we can?"

That's a heck of a good reason! Any for-profit business tries hard to position themselves where they could name their price. This pricing is consistent with the guesses/predictions that were floating at the time of the product announcement; there was some political will to have a million bucks line card (otherwise they would have priced it at $999,950 ;-). This is Rolls-Royce marketing: if it's so darn pricey it's because it's so darn good. Like Rolls-Royce cars, the ones that buy them are typically not the ones that drive them, so technical arguments tend to become irrelevant. Michel.