Cisco's new routers enable 180,000 DVDs to be downloaded in a minute

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) updated its ASR 9000 Series aggregation service routers that the company says can pay for themselves in the first year. The routers are designed to operate as one network, capable of addressing the growing opportunities in video, mobility and the cloud.
Tata Communications is planning to deploy the equipment throughout India, while China Telecom, Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. also said they are using the 9000 series routers during a webcast announcing the solution on Tuesday.
The number of network-connected devices will reach more than 15 billion by 2015, Cisco said, which will force service providers to change the way they deploy networks, said Patel, SVP, engineering and GM service provider business at Cisco.
Cisco introduced its ASR 9922 router and high-density 10G and 100G interfaces for the network edge and the Cisco ASR 9000v for the network aggregation layer. These new additions can deliver a single system to offer new video, mobile and cloud services. “It’s one system with many open lanes,” Patel said.
Cisco also announced its nV (network visualization) technology that blends the network edge, aggregation and access layers into a single ASR 9000 solution, and said this technology gives the ASR 9000 series increased capacity of 96 terabits per second. That capacity translates into the ability to download 180,000 DVDs in one minute, Patel said. 9000 series equipment already out in the field can be updated with the new technology.