100 Gbps Via Ethernet

Doc Ruby writes, "As reported at GigaOM, 'Infinera has bonded 10 parallel 10 Gb/s channels into one logical flow while maintaining packet ordering at the receiver,' bridging 100-Gbps ethernet over 10 10-Gbps optical WAN links. Infinera's press release is here. Further from GigaOM: 'The experimental system was set up between Tampa, Florida and Houston, Texas, and back again. A 100 GbE signal was spliced into ten 10 Gb/s streams using an Infinera-proposed specification for 100GbE across multiple links. The splicing of the signal is based on a packet-reordering algorithm developed at [UC] Santa Cruz. This algorithm preserves packet order even as individual flows are striped across multiple wavelengths.' We're all going to want our share of these 100Gbps networks. The current network retailers, mainly cable and DSL dealers, still haven't brought even 10Mbps to most homes, though they're now bringing fiber to the premises to some rich/lucky customers. Are they laying fiber that will bring them to Tbps, or will that stuff clog the way to getting these speeds ourselves?" Rumors say that what runs over Verizon's FiOS is ATM, to support their aspirations for triple-play.

100 GBPS

[Intron]

Why should I have to wait 5 seconds to download a movie. Don't they have anything faster?

Whoa

[JRWR]

Holy Cow, thats alot of data at once, i dont even think my HD can keep up with that, tho playing couter strike will be fun with -90ms lag

Re:100 GBPS

[Firehed]

5 seconds at 100Gbps? How high-def is your pr0n?

Re:100 GBPS

[Anonymous Coward]

Your HD can't even keep up with that.

Whoa.

[Wrexs0ul]

Buddy, your 62.5 Gigabyte movies are some hardcore HD.

Re:100 GBPS

[UnknowingFool]

Kids! Back in my day we have to wake up at 4am in the morning to collect firewood to send out smoke signals. If you were lucky you would have 8 bits out bit by noon. And those were the good days when some script kiddie didn't try to r00t our fires. You'll take your 100GPS and like it. Now, get off my lawn!

Yeah.

[Spazntwich]

Ass to mouth is probably a good guess for what runs over Verizon's FIOS pipes.

Re:100 GBPS

[`Sean]

Man...and I thought I had it rough having to rely on RFC 2549.

Re:100 GBPS

[kfg]

Smoke? Luxury!

In my day we had to throw bits of shit at each other.

That's right, monkeys invented digital communications. Insert your Al Gore joke here:

KFG

Re:Rich?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it connect Linux?

Re:100 GBPS

[Profane MuthaFucka]

I used to work at the phone company as a bit ejaculator. My record was 6 bits in one day. The person you wanted to talk to had to be 6 feet away or less.

Re:100 GBPS

[networkBoy]

Hey in my day you had to be within 4 feet and 4 bits was the max.... wait a second there...

Hey you youngin's are weak! in my day we could whack out one full EBDIC character a day and at a range of 10 feet, so there!