I'm not yet certain as to whether ATM replacement of FDDI is the right solution to this problem.
-dorian
Denial, it's not just a river in Africa....... :\ (I know, it is *not* that cut and dry, but I couldn't resist ;) My two cents..... The ATM exchanges/naps, while certainly not as taxed as MAEE, are presenting me with better paths.... ATM's ability to isolate damage to the individual that has oversubscribed seems to scale... It seems the philosophy: "If I oversubsribe, I make more money, yet trash my neighbors paths, as well as mine" doesn't produce the altruistic behavior one might expect.... However, "If I oversubscribe, I trash MYSELF and ANYONE trying to get to ME, and no one else" seems to work somewhat better..... *Pure* communism was a great ideaology! However, its failure, for the most part, was cited as "not accounting for human nature" Go figure :\ Not that this will help if it is NAP trunks that are saturated, but, production capable OC12 and up interfaces, do. And don't forget, most carrier class switches have *non-blocking* backplanes..... :) At least that puts the solution back into *your* hands.... I, for one, have an 0C3-C awaiting your descision. (And a religion ;)