Re: Exchanges that matter...

[Vadim Antonov <avg () pluris com>]

salo () msc edu (Tim Salo) wrote:
> From: Paul A Vixie <paul () vix com>
>       [...]
> ... and they aren't subject to ATM's cell tax ...

> I am surprised, (well, maybe not), that you aren't concerned about
> the excessive overhead present in FDDI networks...

FDDI is not a WAN technology.  Losing 20% of bandwidth of a 10 ft
piece of fiber is one thing.  Losing 20% of bandwidth of a
$3M/yr circuit is quite different.

ATM as a LAN is probably ok, if it can compete with Gb Ethernet
price/performance-wise.

--vadim
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