Cisco’s Internet-Changing Announcement=New Router

Today, Cisco introduced the world to its next-generation Internet router for Internet service providers. The announcement was originally billed as one that would “forever change the Internet”. We’re pretty sure it landed far short of that intrigue, but it’s a big announcement just the same.

Cisco’s new CRS-3 router builds upon its CRS-1 platform, but offers enhanced performance, including the ability to handle 12 times the traffic of older models and three times the speed. The upgraded router can handle 322 TB of traffic per second.

The new routers, which will cost $90,000, will help to form the backbone of the new Internet, being sold to major providers like AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. The routers will enable expanded services in the long-term, allowing providers to offer bandwidth-hungry applications like HD and 3D TV.

So is the Internet changed for eternity? In a slow, progressive, next-logical-step sort of way. [via CNET]