1994-02-16 - No Subject

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From: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>
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From: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 14:15:14 PST
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>
Subject: No Subject
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>> What's ATM?

> ATM == Asynchronous Transfer Mode.  It is a link-layer
> packets-switched network that can guarantee data throughput at the
> cost of some latency (and denial-of-service for other customers).

But the idea that it will replace the Internet is nothing more than
a telco wet dream.  Unfortunatly most telco data networking types
(an oxymoron) really think that Internet can be replaced by ATM
(as opposed to IP over ATM which is a viable posibility for future
high speed networks).


brad

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