[c-nsp] EOS/EOL for the 7500 platform

Tim Durack tdurack at gmail.com
Fri Dec 15 15:58:31 EST 2006


>        Depends.  "The Internet Has Gone Ethernet On Us(tm)".
>
>        I'm not currently aware of any ITU work to go past 40g
> (OC768), and IEEE HSSG is working on 100G.  While there will continue
> to be a need for sonet/sdh circuits for the future, what is right
> for you depends on what you are doing.
>
>        If you're doing internet-type-stuff, there may be a case
> for not the "7600" IMO.

And ethernet is the way we have/are going. But I need bigger buffers
and shaping for ethernet connectivity to outside providers (GigE
handoff but really only 200Mbps available bandwidth for example.)

I was thinking SIP-400 and SPA-2x1GE, but the ES-20GE could be a much
more attractive option.

Tim:>


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