Linksys, a Cisco subsidiary, offers really good Internet and networking routers starting at under $50 for home or office use.
But companies that are in the business of distributing data within the Internet infrastructure and between Internet service providers across long distances need to spend a tad bit more for their routers.
How much more? How does $90,000 grab you?
That’s the starting price of the CRS-3, the router that Cisco announced with great fanfare on Tuesday. The device, available later this year, can deliver a whopping 322 terabits of data, which is 3 times the speed of the company’s existing CRS-1 router and 12 times faster than what the competition offers, Cisco CEO John Chambers said.
It took a bit of web surfing, but I learned CRS stands for Carrier Routing System. As far as I can tell there isn’t a CRS-2 router.
Cisco made a big deal out of this announcement, claiming in advance that it would “forever change the Internet.”
It was a big enough deal for a KCBS reporter to wake me up at 5:30 a.m. to talk about it and for me to tune into a webcast announcement at 8 a.m. followed by a 9 a.m. visit from a CBS5 camera crew to so that TV viewers could be filled in about this incredible new development.