[1865] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
T-3 Eggs in the Right Basket? _ A Reprise
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Cook)
Fri Jan 3 21:12:13 1992
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: 3 Jan 92 21:04:20 EST (Fri)
From: cook@tmn.com (Gordon Cook)
<<MESSAGE from>> Gordon Cook 03-JAN-92 21:04
cook@tmn
Well my innocent remark about the ease of ATM and SMDS as a TCP/IP carrier
got me some well meant jests.
Let me retarget my question. IBM and ANS say that they are making great
strides into the future of Networking by putting what will likely be 2
years work into DS-3 technology - a technology that some technically
knowledgable people say is "dead end." Why the effort on what appears to
be an extension of the T-1 technology when again some knowledgable people
seem to think the network could have survived on T-1 for a few more years?
Of the three SMDS, Frame Relay or ATM lets pick ATM as likely to be the
most significant long term? What was the reasoning that dictated the T-3
now strategy rather than the ATM 2 years from now strategy? And while
this question COULD be asked about the decision made a year ago, does it
make any sense to ask now about decisons being made now?
