Re: Internet II is coming...

["Jeff Young" <young () mci net>]

lets just say, 'it works' and leave it at that.

Jeff Young
young () mci net

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>    From: Jim Browning <jfbb () atmnet net>
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>    >| Oh, and by the way, given that the local loop provider has OC-48 SONET
>    >| provisioned to this particular location, we could just as easily have
>    >| provisioned the connection to our backbone at OC12 as opposed to OC3. 
>     Did
>    >| I miss the Cisco announcement of an OC12 IP-SONET card?
>    >
>    >You may wish to discuss an NDA presentation on the forthcoming
>    >generation of routers from each of Cisco, Juniper and Bay Networks.
>
>    Again, my post was based upon your assertion that this could be done today. 
>    I sincerely hope that a new generation of routers is forthcoming asap that 
>    can match ATM speeds.
>
> So, Jim, since your metric is what can be done _today_, could you tell
> us just exactly how many ATM switch vendors can offer me _working_
> (not beta) OC12 interface cards _today_?  The only one that I can
> think of off the top of my head that I'd be willing to risk my
> credibility as an engineer with management by going with is Fore.  Of
> course, that assumes that I'd be willing to risk my credibility as an
> engineer by spec'ing ATM in the first place, which is a shaky
> proposition to say the least.
>
> To paraphrase the old adage, when all you have is an ATM switch,
> everything looks like aggregatable bandwidth. 
>
>                                         ---Rob

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