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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (13201)	9/3/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: fumble	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

Hmm - I'm confused. From the article zdnet.com John Chambers is saying: "It's going to be an IP/ATM world," he predicted. "Circuit switched is dead, and it's just a matter of how quickly convergence takes over" in various parts of the world." ? Circuit switched? Maybe he means Strowger switches. ATM is a connection oriented protocol (is this a variation of circuit switched in his mind?) Most phone calls are "circuit switched" today, even though the information is carried as bytes of data through most of the network. ? Convergence? Doesn't this mean voice, video, and data all on the same network? Can be done best with a network that supports QoS all the way from end-to-end. This means ATM. Perhaps we need to construct a consistent buzzword dictionary and dedicate it to JC.