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Cisco Systems today will formally take the wraps off its long-awaited carrier-class router, a multi-chassis architecture approach that the company claims can process up to 92 Terabits of information per
May 25, 2004

"We've got routers today at Telecom Italia that run all the voice [traffic] for Italy, some 17 billion minutes a year," Bates said, without any major disruptions or security issues. "We need to prove to [service providers] that we can support their next level of convergence."

Cisco, Bates noted, has overcome its doubters before in the high-end routing market.

"I was around when we introduced the 12000 [Cisco's current high-end router line] and it was predicted we'd only sell 10 or 15 of them," Bates said. "Now, 26,000 units and $5 billion in revenue later, it's a different story."

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