ocr: BACKBONE SERVICES CREEP CLOSER TO THE CUSTOMER WAN backbone ATM WAN edge ATM WAN points of presence ATM Local loop Customer premises Today intermediate stage Final result. d Long distance carrier control L Local carrier control (approximately 2 years) Figure 1. As. competition among service providers in the local loop intensiftes, aggregation of traffic in networks such as frane relay will begin t0 occut. at points coser to the. customer, Within five years. backbore techmologies such as. ATM will likely extend. all: the way to the customer premises.
