How could I have missed that birthday? I’ll have to send the CRS-3 a belated card.
You may recall that Cisco raised expectations just a little a year ago when it proclaimed that it would reveal a product that would change the Internet forever.
My sources tell me that Internet has said it doesn’t feel too much different.
The CRS-3 is an amazing piece of routing hardware: a single 16-slot shelf in this sixteen shelf monster handles a mere 640-Gbps. Of course this thing is programmable, and among its many benefits are improved monetization—router talk for billing on all sorts of criteria.
According to the press release and associated blog post, the CRS-3 is “being adopted faster than the original CRS-1 platform”—no unit numbers mentioned—and counts 80 service provider customers (including AT&T and Comcast) worldwide.
The CRS-3 is more of an inner victory for the industry, one which will keep the Internet going as demand for data increases, and will help carriers like AT&T make the transition from voice to data.
For consumers, it means that we’re a little closer to more granular billing on our ISP bills.
Happy Birthday CRS-3!
Related articles
- Happy First Birthday, CRS-3! (cisco.com)
- Cisco News: Carriers Will Be Changed Forever (technoverseblog.com)
