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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Q:Why router with ATM interface comes out earlier than pure SONET interface?
At 06:32 PM 8/3/98 , Christian Kuhtz wrote: >> | Okay, so given all the great features that ATM is supposed to have >> | and the only thing that really sucks about it is the overhead >> due to the 53 >> | byte cell size, the obvious question is why can't there be an >> ATM standard >> | with, say, 197 ( 4 times the current 48 byte payload) or even 389 ( 8 >> | times 48 ) byte cells? >> | Is there something magic about 53 or is the IP over ATM application >> | still so 'obscure' that there is no interest? The old story was that the Telco guys wanted 32 byte payload and the data guys wanted a 64 byte payload and the ITU split the difference. Go figure. �� TORRENT NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES CORP�� ���������������������������������������� �� Next Generation Routing and Services�� ����������������������������������������� ������� ����George Janosik��������������� ��������� Sr Systems Engineer������������� ������ New Business Development��������� ������������412.851.1103���������������� ������ [email protected]���������� ���������������������������������������� ����� <http://www.torrentnet.com/>http://www.torrentnet.com ����������������������������������������
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