At 07:51 PM 3/19/96 -0800, Jim Forster wrote:
There's beginning to be some expectation that there will be a transmission capacity crunch in the carrier's Sonet nets, and this ~25% ATM cell tax may be looked at carefully as packet over Sonet solutions emerge.
I think it will be critically important, especially in long-haul interconnect scenarios. Historically speaking, as providers have replaced congested links with faster ones, they have also become quickly congested. And since these high-speed long-haul links are not cheap, you can bet that these organizations want to get the most bang-for-the-buck. I can't imagine that ~25% bandwidth overhead would be acceptable, especially when more efficient alternatives exist. Nice synopsis, Jim. - paul