[11904] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: X.25 with Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Williams)
Sat Apr 23 21:35:24 1994
From: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams)
To: fidelman@civicnet.org (Miles R Fidelman)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 19:22:58 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9404230909.A6568-0100000@world.std.com> from "Miles R Fidelman" at Apr 23, 94 09:15:08 am
>
> On Fri, 22 Apr 1994, Bruce Gingery wrote:
>
> > I have a meeting on Monday with someone who says they are mixing frame
> > relay with Internet connectivity. Can anyone with experience with such a
> > mixture, or lack-of-mixability possibly tell me some good or horror
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>
> using a current day telco X.25 net (64kb if you're lucky) is not a
> great idea for connecting LANs together, though it could be ok for
> connecting individual machines to the Internet (if it weren't for
> per-packet charges)
>
> Frame relay, on the other hand, is designed to run faster, and is a
> pretty good technology.
But isn't it point-to-point? Special pricing for a T1 (equivalent)
with two Cisco's or something gating two nets? (I think it's
implemented as a cloud internally, just like X.25, but with
proprietary networking and large packets. I thought it was supposed
to look just like, but be much cheaper than, two routers connected
directly over a given speed link.)
I haven't heard of anyone offering both over the same link directly,
but one side of the FR net could have Internet connectivity via some
other means and the other side would have good access to it.
>
> Miles
>
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