[2238] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SONET Interconnect (was RE: MCI)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Fri Mar 29 01:31:27 1996
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 01:21:56 -0500
To: bajaj@bellcore.com (Shikhar Bajaj)
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
At 01:12 AM 3/29/96 -0500, Shikhar Bajaj wrote:
>>
>> What you fail to mention, however, is that in an effort to achieve
>> these noble goals across the Internet, you are relegated to using IP
>> over ATM. This is the fatal flaw.
>>
>
>Yes, I admit my guilt. Our clients are looking at solutions in
>parallel with the Internet. They feel that sole reliance on the
>Internet will not cut it.
>
>> Sorry. I remain unconvinced.
>
>That's fine. I'm not trying to sell anything to anyone :).
>
No -- I didn't mean to appear sanctimonious or self-righteous. This just
happens to be one of my pet rants.
If folks want ATM services, running then adjacent to the Internet is
a foolish thing to do. Parallel to the Internet fabric is certainly
doable.
- paul
>
>Shikhar
>
