[131801] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Token ring? topic hijack: was Re: Mystery open source switching
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Thu Nov 4 12:18:22 2010
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <4CD2C895.5030005@xyonet.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:18:14 -0400
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On Nov 4, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Curtis Maurand wrote:
> =08On 11/2/2010 3:49 PM, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote:
>>> Are there still any commercial X.25 nets in operation? I had some =
peripheral involvement with Tymnet in the MCI/Concert conversion, and =
hear it shut down sometime in 2003-4.
>>=20
>> =
http://www.ram.nl/nl/aanbieder_van_mobiele_datacommunicatie/diensten/netwe=
rkdiensten?read_more=3D1323735124421760482=20
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>> also: yep.
>>=20
>> commercial x.25 based packet radio networks, and the wired parts to =
keep them together, are still around.
>>=20
>> (the non-commercial ones also ofcourse ;)
>>=20
> The last I knew all the ATM (Automated Teller Machines) all ran on =
X.25
No. I configured ATMs over Frame Relay over a decade ago. Although I =
would be surprised if some ATMs did not use X.25 to this day.
Most do run SNA - or at least did.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
