Alcatel-Lucent Pushes 100 Gigabit Ethernet to the Edge

**ctal** · 07-18-2009, 04:17 PM

The race toward 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE) continues accelerating, with networking vendor Alcatel-Lucent laying the groundwork for equipping its offerings with the technology.

100 GbE is an emerging standard for high-speed data transport that, when finalized, will be the fastest Ethernet link speed available -- and well ahead of the current fastest speed, 10 GbE.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) is prepping a 100 GbE services card that will plug into its existing 7750 Service Router and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch gear to deliver service for both core and edge networking deployments. The new 100 GbE gear will be available for customer demonstrations later this year with deployment targeted for mid-2010, the company said.

Alcatel-Lucent Pushes 100 GbE to the Edge - InternetNews.com

**ctal** · 07-18-2009, 04:21 PM

Unreal! That's 0.01 nanoseconds per bit interval. The speed of light in a vacuum is less than 1/8 inch in that amount of time.

Regards,
-- Al

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ctal Eschews Obfuscation Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 1,903	Alcatel-Lucent Pushes 100 Gigabit Ethernet to the Edge The race toward 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE) continues accelerating, with networking vendor Alcatel-Lucent laying the groundwork for equipping its offerings with the technology. 100 GbE is an emerging standard for high-speed data transport that, when finalized, will be the fastest Ethernet link speed available -- and well ahead of the current fastest speed, 10 GbE. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) is prepping a 100 GbE services card that will plug into its existing 7750 Service Router and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch gear to deliver service for both core and edge networking deployments. The new 100 GbE gear will be available for customer demonstrations later this year with deployment targeted for mid-2010, the company said. Alcatel-Lucent Pushes 100 GbE to the Edge - InternetNews.com __________________ "I didn't say I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear." -- George Romney, in 1968, while campaigning for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.
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ctal Eschews Obfuscation Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 1,903	Re: Alcatel-Lucent Pushes 100 Gigabit Ethernet to the Edge Unreal! That's 0.01 nanoseconds per bit interval. The speed of light in a vacuum is less than 1/8 inch in that amount of time. Regards, -- Al __________________ "I didn't say I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear." -- George Romney, in 1968, while campaigning for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Last edited by ctal; 07-18-2009 at 08:07 PM..
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