Cisco router to cope with new 1 & 2 gigabit service offerings by cable companies

[aalbert69]

I have successfully rolled out approx 600  800, 1900, and ASA's into residential environments..  In general we put the 881 into residences, and reliably hit the high 80s, low 90s on speedtest.net .... with the 1921 and ASAs we are able to hit the existing 130 meg that Comcast can bump up to. 

The big question is now that Comcast is offering 1 and 2 gig service, what router or ASA can keep up with those two different speed tiers, but still be in a semi affordable price point for high end residence ($1-2k is very doable, $2-5k is a lot harder sell, and $10-15k is a blue moon)?  Our typical IOS based router has ACLs and in both cases we are NAT'd, with anywhere between 10 and 200 devices on the network).

So I am looking for real world experiences with Cisco products using high speed WAN connections from Cable company and other high speed providers.

Thanks.

[Leo Laohoo]

4451

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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Cisco routers supporting gig performance jump quite a bit in price - from what you've asked, that might be your biggest problem.

Leo's suggestion of a 4451 is good, but I don't think you'll get one for one to two K.

Cisco's router's can hit some much higher than their recommended-for-performance, but it's truly a "you mileage may vary" situation.

I've attached a Cisco ISR performance whitepaper, which you might be able to compare with your experience with the 881 and 1921 (especially table 5 - which seems close to what you've seen), for selecting a router that can deal with gig rates.  Unfortunately, this document predates the 4400 ISR series.