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To: Sector Investor who wrote (33903)	2/8/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: jach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

<<Perhaps you're right. But then, what's the application? If I'm running 45Mbps I'm using ATM which gives me QoS...frame does not. So, why use frame at 45M let alone 155M? Yes, that's a question.>> And for that answer I have to let someone far more knowledgable than I answer. That's a subtlety I don't know. Anyone?>> not all things in life require QoS. ATM does have around 10% overhead for each cell and if one does not need it then why pay for it?? So, for fast frame-based traffic, packet-over-sonet allows very high-speed IP traffic- When RSVP type of reservation protocols become more popular, equivalent of some ATM's QoS parameters can be supported over frame-based network.