[2188] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI [ATM overhead]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Ogden)
Thu Mar 21 15:01:41 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:36:09 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: jogden@merit.edu (Jeff Ogden)
I don't think you can look at bandwidth without also looking at cost. If
the cost for an OC-3 is less than the cost for two DS3s, ...
-Jeff Ogden
Merit
At 9:26 AM 3/21/96, Shikhar Bajaj wrote:
>> I.e. a dual clearline DS-3 actually carries as much user data as OC-3c ATM.
>> Which, incidentally, was why SprintLink backbone design is easily expandable
>> to dual links (that includes carefully considering implications for
>>routing).
>> Sean presented that design on NANOG a year ago, BTW. Funny thing, the design
>> is expandable beyond that, too, so OC-3 ATM is already obsolete.
>>
>> --vadim
>>
>
>If OC-3 is obsolete, what does that make DS-1s and DS-3s?
>
>
>Shikhar
