I believe many are working on it, but I haven't seen/heard of much progress since I learned of this, some 4 years ago now.. Add to that the bandwidth glut with all the DWDM and I guess they've got breathing room...
At 09:34 7/30/02 -0700, you wrote: >I believe Junpier does have a OC-768 interface under testing if I'm not >mistaken... > > >Signal received 0. Kurt Erik Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > > --On Monday, July 29, 2002 21:32:02 -0400 blitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Seriously, I don't see OC768 coming online en masse until they get the > > > kinks worked out of optical switching. The transit times are so short > > > thru the innards, in the order of picoseconds, that electronics is way > > > too slow to perform such mundane tasks like determining where a packet is > > > supposed to go. Thus, all this will require optical computing to be > > > available cheaply and a lot more widespread than it is now. > > > > ...and : > > > > a) Someone got the money to buy the gear > > > > b) We have used the current capacity (see a). > > > > - kurtis - > >-- >-------------- >http://www.zeromemory.com - metal for your ears.
