Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Sprint Carries Live Traffic over 40 Gbps IP Trunk

Tuesday, June 01, 2004    

Sprint began carrying live Internet traffic over a 40 Gbps link between its facilities in San Jose and Stockton, California. The elevated speed was achieved in a technology trial using the new Cisco Carrier Routing System, StrataLight OC-768c optical transport and Ciena DWDM equipment. http://www.sprint.comLast month, MCI demonstrated a similar 40 Gbps IP trunk at an event hosted at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California by Cisco Systems as part of the product launch for its new core router..