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> > > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 14:43:37 -0400 > > From: Vadim Antonov <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > > [email protected] > > Subject: Re: wiretapping continues.... > > Cc: [email protected] > > [...] > > We will hit limitations of the present/then-future routing technology > > long before we'll exhaust the possibilities to increase the > > NAP aggregate and access bandwidth by cheap incremental upgrades. > > That's the whole point of Sprint NAP architecture. ATM/SMDS/Flame Delay > > do not get even close to what we achieve (and ATM is not useful yet). > > [...] > > I believe that ATM, even in its perhaps immature state, is useful and > cost-effective in a number of applications today. In particular, > the cost of wide-area DS-3 ATM services can be very attractive > when compared to a number of point-to-point DS-3s. > > -tjs > The minor point that might have been missed is that there is a tradeoff between point-to-point DS-3s (at 44.7Mbps in clear channel) vs ATM DS-3s (at 34Mbps w/ ATM framing). Now if I can get four ATM DS3s for less than I can get 3 point-to-point DS3s, then I can get a win. (raw bandwidth being about equal... :) --bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |