Re: What's the point of ATM?

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From: Grenville Armitage
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 00:13

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In article <id.I94T.WPC@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>Well, I've been reading about how ATM is supposed to revolutionalise LANs,
>but I'm damned if I can figure out why. It looks like a good protocol for
>combining voice and data in a WAN, but what can it do for a LAN that a
>smarter bridge/router couldn't? Or is it just being used as a very fast
>brouter?

Throw the question at comp.dcom.cell-relay and cross your fingers
for some reasonable defences :-)

gja

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