2009-02-15, 05:10 PM
I work at Nortel, which is why I used that example. I know it the most 
I'm in R&D on their Ottawa, Canada campus. More specifically in product verification, where I try to break their stuff and get paid for it. They filed for Chapter 11 recently. Hurray for job security... 
Anyway, most of the customers (ie the Verizon, Comcast, SLG, Vodaphone, etc. type of companies) are just starting their migration to 40G, so 100 won't be a staple for a while but it's not just a pipe dream either.
Supposedly, our solution is great and such because it's one of the very few where there's no need to lay down new fibre (which is prohibitive because it's insanely expensive to do) . Of course, that's coming straight from the upper management, so who knows how much of it is true and how much is BS :-P
Just do a google on 100G and you'll get a bunch of stuff... There's been demos with Verizon and Comcast that I know of, although there's probably more. I know that for the Comcast one, they used live customer traffic (ie people like you and me). For Verizon, I think it was simulated traffic, using test sets.
I'm in R&D on their Ottawa, Canada campus. More specifically in product verification, where I try to break their stuff and get paid for it. They filed for Chapter 11 recently. Hurray for job security... Anyway, most of the customers (ie the Verizon, Comcast, SLG, Vodaphone, etc. type of companies) are just starting their migration to 40G, so 100 won't be a staple for a while but it's not just a pipe dream either.
Supposedly, our solution is great and such because it's one of the very few where there's no need to lay down new fibre (which is prohibitive because it's insanely expensive to do) . Of course, that's coming straight from the upper management, so who knows how much of it is true and how much is BS :-P
Just do a google on 100G and you'll get a bunch of stuff... There's been demos with Verizon and Comcast that I know of, although there's probably more. I know that for the Comcast one, they used live customer traffic (ie people like you and me). For Verizon, I think it was simulated traffic, using test sets.