[10453] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Another UUNET Explanation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Mansfield)
Wed Jul 2 10:04:19 1997
From: Steve Mansfield <steve@nwnet.net>
To: joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin)
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:58:44 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Reply-To: steve@nwnet.net
In-Reply-To: <199707012334.QAA23732@monk.via.net> from "Joe McGuckin" at Jul 1, 97 04:34:02 pm
> I've noticed that several of the larger networks use frame-relay.
>
> What technical advantages does a frame-relay network have over an
> IP routed network?
It's not so much the frame relay itself which gives an advantage, but they
can bring in many more customers per router via the switches than via
direct T1's, plus the switches allow them to control customer usage a lot
more closely.
Steve Mansfield steve@nwnet.net
NorthWestNet Network Engineer 425-649-7467
