North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: OC-768 availability?
FYI, the technology seems like it might be available at the component level (dated 3/2002) http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020313S0015 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020430/sftu082_1.html (april 2002?) http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/15808.htm (7/13/2002) Deepak Jain AiNET > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Dr. Mosh > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OC-768 availability? > > > > I believe Junpier does have a OC-768 interface under testing if I'm not > mistaken... > > > Signal received 0. Kurt Erik Lindqvist <[email protected]> said: > > > > > > > > --On Monday, July 29, 2002 21:32:02 -0400 blitz > <[email protected]> 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. > > > > ...and : > > > > a) Someone got the money to buy the gear > > > > b) We have used the current capacity (see a). > > > > - kurtis - > > -- > -------------- > http://www.zeromemory.com - metal for your ears. > >
|