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- From: brian@dxcern.cern.ch (Brian Carpenter CERN-CN)
- Subject: Re: Curious attitude ...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.102305.2606@dxcern.cern.ch>
- Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
- References: <12445@ntdd-1> <45907@shamash.cdc.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 10:23:05 GMT
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- In <45907@shamash.cdc.com> gsa@easyaspi.udev.cdc.com (gary s anderson) writes:
-
- >Deleted a bunch of stuff.....
-
- ditto
-
- >1) Will ATM become a ubiquitous international service?
-
- >2) Will ATM be a viable "transport" vehicle for the envisioned
- > multi-media world of tomorrow?
-
- \begin{ :-) } We all know that ISDN means "I Still Don't Need it"
- Does ATM mean "A Terrible Mistake"?
- \end{ :-) }
-
- Seriously
- 1) No, it will never be ubiquitous for economic reasons, and it will
- have to interwork with everything down to 2400 bps modems.
-
- 2) I have seen multimedia running over ATM. There is _no_ doubt
- that it is technically viable. The question is economic.
- If interfaces continue to cost $5K, no way.
-
- Regards,
- Brian Carpenter CERN, brian@dxcern.cern.ch
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