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Cisco agrees to buy Cerent and Monterey Networks

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-into-fiber dept.

Neo1 writes to us with the story that Cisco has agreed to buy both Cerent Corp and Monterey Networks for a combined 7.36 billion in stock. This move definitely makes clear Cisco's move into optical networking-especially when their Investor Relations has an overview of Optical Internetworking.

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  1. The buck makes a move by Flak · · Score: 3

    Cerent's first product, for example, can handle 240 gigabits of data a second, the equivalent of 3.8 million phone calls or 160,000 high-speed T-1 lines.

    I think this whole move says one thing very clear Broadband is right around the corner to every computer. Think about what Cisco just did. They put 6.9 billion into R&D err, bought a company and now have technology that will put them above their competitors again. Cisco was the first to market with many technologies. All came from the same type of R&D projects.

    So what does this mean for you and me? Simple we all will have a chance in the near future to have our fiber in our house plugged into a switch that can handle that kind of bandwidth. Humm, and who was it that said xDSL had a short shelflife...