Re: Mikrotik & OC-3 Connection

[Matthew Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org>]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 05:12:14PM -0700, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 07:32:48PM -0400, Scott Berkman wrote:
> > I really wouldn't use the word legacy to describe SONET and OC-3's.
>
>       It's around 25 years old (work started in 1985, first standards
> published in 1988) and we now have a ratified 100G Ethernet standard.
>
>       Much of it is being used to transport subrate links, some of
> which are derived from even older transport standards.
>
>       If not legacy, what word WOULD you use?

Legacy (adj.): A pejorative term used in the computer industry meaning "it
works".

- Matt

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