By Michael Dinan, TMCnet Editor
Though it’s received wide criticism from many technology companies and media outlets, IT bellwether Cisco (News - Alert) Systems Inc. still may be revolutionizing the Internet in its own unique way with its announcement this week of a robust next-gen router, an industry insider told TMCnet today.
According to Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom – a Huntington Beach, Calif.-based maker of video, data, and telepresence products – the carrier and wholesale cost-savings projected for the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System could change the face of IP communications if they’re passed down to consumers (individuals as well as businesses).
“Also, if that new bandwidth is available, with 300 percent more speed, then for a backbone provider, core costs should go down for access to bandwidth, which in theory would be passed on to customers,” McCandless told TMCnet.
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