[24797] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What frame relay switch is causing MCI/Worldcom such grief?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorian Kim)
Tue Aug 10 01:20:50 1999
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 01:07:57 -0400
From: Dorian Kim <dorian@blackrose.org>
To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Mail-Followup-To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908091118380.4441-100000@skipper.robotics.net>; from Nathan Stratton on Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:20:50AM -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:20:50AM -0400, Nathan Stratton wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Michael Dillon wrote:
> >
> > > What frame relay switch is causing MCI/Worldcom such grief?
> >
> > The last time we had a Bay Networks salesperson visit he stated that MCI
> > (this was before the merger) was an all-Bay frame network. Whether that
> > has changed or not, I can't say, but I can't see them ditching it all so
> > quickly.
>
> I think the Bay guy had a switch to sell you. There are now and for a long
> time have been using Cascade (now Ascend).
MCI (not Worldcom) used to use Bay BCNs in what used to be known as
Hyperstream service for frame switching along with GDC switches for ATM.
-dorian
