As service providers scale and extend their networks and services to create the New World Internet, they must also control costs to be profitable and competitive. The Cisco 12416 Internet router offers all the features needed by service providers to build next-generation networks and services in a 16-slot, 10 Gigabit chassis that offers high performance, scalability, guaranteed priority packet delivery, and investment protection.With its high performance, switching capacity, and port density, the Cisco 12416 Internet router is the ideal routing platform to deploy in a variety of service provider and Internet service provider (ISP) applications. As part of the Cisco IP + optical strategy for merging the bandwidth of optical networks with the intelligence of Internet Protocol (IP), the Cisco 12416 Internet router delivers true 10 Gbps performance for the next generation of optical core networking and the real-time, revenue-generating services that the core must support. As the requirement for core bandwidth grows exponentially, the switching capacity and 10-Gigabit slots of the Cisco 12416 Internet router make it the top choice for deployment in provider core networks. Cisco 12416 Internet routers can be connected "back to back" or via add-drop multiplexers (ADM) to build the core network. Using its 16-slot capacity and industry-leading portfolio of line cards, the Cisco 12416 Internet router provides high-density ISP aggregation and point-of-presence (POP) consolidation. Typical applications include consolidating backbone links, creating peering and transit interconnections, and supporting access aggregation.