802.1P will probably give Gigabit Ethernet
the features needed to push ATM to the WAN
only. Only time will tell.
--- Mark Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You honestly think ATM is going to take over
> Gigabit? ATM had its chance in
> the LAN and lost. OC-12 is way more expensive than
> Gigabit, plus the hassle
> of LANE. In addition, ATM probing equipment is much
> more expensive than
> packet based equipment. Although I hate 3Com, the
> invaded the market a few
> yeras ago with their Corebuilder 7000 Cell based
> switches and they basically
> sucked the big one. There have been numerous
> clients who have migrated away
> from the CB7000 platform and changed vendors rather
> than buying into 3com's
> CB9000 Gigabit switch, which is ultimately why they
> left the Enterprise
> business. ATM on the WAN is still growing rapidly,
> but ATM on the LAN is
> dead. The only customers still purchased equipment
> for LANE are those who
> don't have the budget to migrate their existing
> equipment to Gigabit.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > ATM isn't real popular in the LAN environment
> > because of gigabit ethernet. However I'll think
> > you may see this change sometime in the future.
> >
> > Regards Ken
> re violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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