[18533] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Q:Why router with ATM interface comes out earlier than pure SONET interface?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Mon Aug 3 19:44:05 1998
From: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@bellsouth.net>
To: "Michael Dillon" <michael@memra.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:35:28 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.980803161059.20196w-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
> If the cell size was 1505 or larger would it still be lower efficiency
> than 53 bytes? Sooner or later they'll probably try to come up with ATMng
> won't they?
It is already here. Called IP. IP over SONET. With lots of IP QoS
mechanisms bolted on.
That is, if somebody can figure out a way to do private line (circuit
emulation) through an IP cloud. ATM will be an interim step, in my opinion.
Cheers,
Chris
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