Cisco unveiled yesterday new routing systems able to revolutionize the worldwide network edge: the CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. According to the company, the new system is designed to serve as the foundation for the next generation internet, and should support for the next decade and beyond the fast growing demand linked to online video streaming/download, mobile devices and new online services.
Figures are simply impressive, and its price 90,000 USD per unit might not be a limiting factor for most players in the field. The Cisco CRS-3 triples the capacity of its predecessor and offers up to 322 Terabits per second... The CRS-3 would also speed up cloud services. AT&T recently tested successfully the CRS-3 for the world's first field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology... You thought you had the fastest internet connection? nope. Maybe AT&T is eager on putting its hands on such system to improve the reliability of its mobile phone network...
If Cisco will for sure not sell millions of CSR-3, most major ISPs and mobile phone carriers (often same companies) will purchase some units to boost their network and improve reliability of their offers. Let's hope that the price will not be put on customers' subscription plans...
