Cisco's first 8 Tbps MONSTER Router Goes Live At Telstra

The A380 IP packets now fly between Sydney and Melbourne.Ten months after the first hype hit the interwebs, Cisco began to pump electrons through the first installation of its giant live router NCS 6008, in the Australian carrier Telstra.

Back in September 2013, Borg described as one of Telstra customers deploy the Cisco NCS, a statement that, in retrospect, could be described as optimistic.Telstra blogged last week that his first Tbps per-compatible cards NCS 2008 was launched in the network of Telstra Internet Direct serving 'little networking for business, government and wholesale customers.

Our new super router currently manages traffic on the busy Melbourne to Sydney route and becomes the first telecommunications company Telstra in the world to allow network traffic in real time routing technology of next generation, carriers gushes. With eight cards, the system provides August 1 Tbps aggregate throughput.

The NCS 6008 consumes 60 percent less power per Gigabit of traffic compared to the core router that replaces the carrier says, and has a small footprint. Your update Quickstart, Telstra says will help reduce downtime.Next for updating international port sites will be followed by other routes around the country.