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To: Richard M. Smith who wrote (1296)6/11/1997 9:40:00 PM
From: David R. Lehenky   of 10309
 
Richard, I don't really understand:

>PS. Don't tell the H&J folks, but it looks like ATM is DOA.
>Most networking companies are talking about 100Mhz Ethernet
>and Gigabit Ethernet. ATM is beginning to look like Quad
>Hifi......

Am I missing something? Ethernet is for LAN implementations - it has
very limited cable lengths. These length limitations are not just
electrical, they are imposed by the collision detection characteristic
of the ethernet protocol. ATM is intended for Wide Area Networks. It
is basically like frame relay, but uses fixed length packets to allow
for voice as well as data. This is a simplistic description of ATM,
but good enough to make my point. ATM runs across the country, while
ethernet runs across the building. ATM is meant to connect LANs - and
carry digital voice and video at the same time. I'd like to hear
where you read that ATM is DOA.

-Dave Lehenky
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