At 09:48 PM 3/28/96 -0800, Paul A Vixie wrote:

Where's Padlipski when we need him?

Running IP datagrams across barbed-wire, methinks. ;-)

What ATM has is an excellent set of buzzwords and a lot of vendor support.

What IP has is an actual market with real end-to-end products and users.

Therein lies the thrust, Paul. Folks need to devise a more 'real-world' concept of acceptable long-haul data transport services. - paul