The Road to 100G

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Bigger, better, faster. It’s the mantra of bandwidth builders the world over. Their pursuit is not without merit. Bandwidth consumption is growing exponentially, driven in large measure by video and mobile data traffic. Their goal is to stay at least one step ahead so that they can continue to provide capacity with service levels consumers and businesses have become accustomed to. They embraced gigabit speeds -- 2.5G, 10G, 40G and are now looking seriously at 100G optical networking. We’re not there yet, but service providers definitely have this destination on their road maps. xchange spoke to technology visionaries at eight leading carriers to find out more about the direction of the industry and where their companies are headed.

Table of Contents:

PANELISTS
	Meet technology executives from AboveNet, AT&T, Global Crossing, Level 3, RCN Metro, Sprint, Verizon and XO.
POSITIONING
	What is your company’s position on 100G optical networking? What initiatives are underway in support of 100G optical networking?
DRIVERS
	What’s driving the migration to 100G optical networks?
INHIBITORS
	What are the biggest inhibitors to 100G optical networks?
TIMELINE
	When will the 100G standards most likely arrive? What is the likely timeline for this 100G migration?
COSTS
	At what cost points can the industry produce 100G products? More importantly, what are operators willing to pay for 100G?
COMPETITION
	Given the coming of 100G, what will happen to 40G?