>>> Also I'd love to hear recommendatios for "budget" 10GE >>> routers. The "budget" router would be used to hook up >>> client networks through one 10GE interface and connect >>> to different transit providers through two 10GE >>> interfaces.
If you don't need BGP-ish power, David Newman just published his test of 10GigE switches today in Network World. He was focusing mostly on switching in the enterprise, but he has a variety of other performance metrics and results which may be helpful:
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2008/032408-switch-test.html?t51hb jms -- Joel M Snyder, 1404 East Lind Road, Tucson, AZ, 85719 Senior Partner, Opus One Phone: +1 520 324 0494 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opus1.com/jms