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Re: Cable Modem [really good network design]


From: Christian Kuhtz <ck () arch bellsouth net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:24:46 -0400


On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:01:41PM -0400, Wojtek Zlobicki wrote:
ATM to the desktop never took off, whats wrong with Ethernet over ATM ?
With devices such as
IADS, it allows for easy differentiation of traffic.  Now you can cary voice
and data over the same
physical link without worry.  
[..]

Ever tried it without that?  I have done quite a bit of less than scientific 
testing of VoIP over a QoS-less infrastructures.  Small VoIP packets seem to 
have little trouble squeezing thru and it works actually pretty well.  That's 
without ATM QoS crap on a broadband connection.

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Christian Kuhtz <ck () arch bellsouth net> -wk, <ck () gnu org> -hm
Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S.
"I speak for myself only.""


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