> >As opposed to all of those other routers and switches out there which do > >more than 40Gbps per slot today? > > Real bits or Cisco marketing numbers? I don't think you could have an OC-768 interface without it being 40 Gbps full-duplex ... see for yourself: <http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=63606 > cheers, lincoln.