Download Every Movie Ever Made in 4 Minutes (CSCO)

Can you really download the entire volume of movies ever produced in the time it takes to eat a bowl of cereal? That's what was promised this morning by Cisco System Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) in their press conference releasing new carrier routing system technology to be released as early as Q3 2010.

The CRS-3 is touted as being able to deliver 322 terabytes per second. This is three times greater than Cisco's current CRS-1, and is due to respond to the rapid increase in demand for bandwidth technology in the coming years.

This release also comes with what Cisco hopes is a fundamental change for their business structure. Once a "plumber" for internet service providers, Cisco is looking to instead become a viable business and technological partner.

Besides downloading every movie ever made in 4 minutes, what else can 422 terabytes do for you?

• download the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress in one second
• deliver 1G to every household in San Fransisco
• enable every man, woman and child in China to simultaneously make a video call