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HP was working on a "buble" switching device, I think the project's dead. John On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 07:53:43PM -0700, Scott Granados wrote: > > Wasn't one of the major switch companies working on a system of bubbles. > <seriously> I'm not sure if it was foundry or Juniper or who but > someone was trying to route packets or rather switch packets in a device > at high speed by using bubbles to reflect and switch the light instead > of converting to electrons. > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, blitz wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > > >-- Dalph Roncaster > > > > > >Communicate in total privacy. > > >Get your free encrypted email at https://www.hushmail.com/?l=2 > > > > > >Looking for a good deal on a domain name? > > >http://www.hush.com/partners/offers.cgi?id=domainpeople > > >
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