[22309] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: poll: are any sizable exchange points using gigabit ether?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William F. Maton)
Tue Dec 22 16:54:07 1998
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:23:43 -0500 (EST)
From: "William F. Maton" <wmaton@enterprise.ic.gc.ca>
To: k claffy <kc@caida.org>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19981222130902.A18935@caida.org>
Hiya kc!
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, k claffy wrote:
> or are folks pretty much (ATM?)-switch tech'ed?
ATM: A Total Mess.
> or do folks have plans to migrate to gig ether
> (or to definitely Not to, for some reason?)
For connectivity to NAP's like CA*Net 3, GigE.
> (or change 'gig ether' to some other
> imminent.technology.that.might.be.
> compelling.enuf.to.displace.atm)
Problem with gigE is distance though...
So ATM may be the answer for the short term.
> if u wanna send messages 2 me
> i'll compile/post to save b/w
> (which presumably saves much more b/w
> if am posting via atm switches but etc)
I'm not even touchin that one with 11-foot
pole! :-)
> k
wfms
