After reading this report, I'm left with an empty feeling. :-) It doesn't really say anything. Also, this report only addresses issues surrounding the residential subscriber, and any other subscribers whose traffic transits the PSTN. It does not concern private lines/local loops which are terminated directly into the DACS network(s), of which there are legions (and a substantially large portion of Internet traffic). - paul At 01:17 AM 10/23/98 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
The ATIS T1 committee has issued a new technical report on the reliability and availability aspects of the interactions between the Internet and the public telecommunications network.
ftp://ftp.t1.org/pub/techrpts/tr.0/tr_55.pdf
Abstract
This Technical Report addresses the reliability and survivability aspects of the interactions between the Internet and the Public Telecommunications Network (PTN). It examines the general architectures of both networks and the interfaces between them. This document offers suggestions for meeting reliability challenges posed by changing network traffic characteristics. Two major categories of solutions are introduced: network engineering and network architecture. Within these categories, alternatives may be selected depending on the operator's local circumstances. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation