Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Downloads of up to 322 Terabits per second

That's fast...Cisco unveils ultra-fast Internet technology.

The new technology, known as "CRS-3," is a network routing system that will be able to offer downloads of up to 322 Terabits per second, according to the company.

Translation: Well in Cisco terms, the router will be able to provide download speeds of 1 Gigabit per second for everyone in San Francisco, download the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress in 1 second and stream every movie ever created in less than 4 minutes.

Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers acknowledged that many skeptics will say that those speeds and network capacity are not necessary, but he argued that the fast-growing media usage on mobile phones will ultimately demand it.

That will be amazing when it arrives, though I can't help thinking it was not long ago when my WebTV was faster than my home computer dial up account.

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