From: gsa@easyaspi.udev.cdc.com (gary s anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.cell-relay
Subject: Re: Curious attitude ...
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:53:56 GMT
Reply-To: gsa@easyaspi.udev.cdc.com (gary s anderson)

Deleted a bunch of stuff.....

|> 
|> I didn't make the prediction of the 1995 date. This prediction was made
|> by the representatives of the LAN industry at last years LCN
|> conference. They did make much of the issue of cost. Except that
|> the cost models they used were much more practical then the
|> simple "my box is cheaper than your box" model used above.
|> The true costs of running a traditional data network is in the
|> cost of maintaining it. These data networks are set up as
|> "PAY ME LATER" systems. They are cheap to install but
|> very expensive to maintain. The problem with these LAN protocols
|> is not in the access but in the internetworking applications.
|> It is here that ATM is now replacing the existing networks.
|> Frame Relay has seen widespread acceptance and Frame Relay
|> is the first example of ATM protocols.
|> -- 
|> i.sinature

I didn't realize that the telephony industry was offering a one-time fee 
for ATM hook-ups, such that all future usage, maintenance and connectivity 
costs were included in the "PAY MA BELL NOW" figure and you never had to "PAY 
MA BELL LATER" (substitute your favorite carrier acronym).  We won't even 
need any networking expertise because we can just use the free, non-biased
consulting services to support our infra-structure.  Plus, once we have
ATM we will have the panacea of all known and future technologies and
will never need an upgrade.  However, if an enhancing technology were
ever discovered, we could freely upgrade to the new panacea.  Could
you give us an enticing price to go along with this pledge?????

NOTE - this does not even consider the legacy network issues both internally
and within any communicating entity.

Sorry about the ill-humor, but the narrow minded advertising is 
becoming an annoyance.

Let's back up a few strides and try to get a better understanding
of why an ATM LAN technology might be interesting, ASSUMING that
ATM becomes a pervasive world-wide interconnection medium.

Here's a primary reason:

	A single wiring plant to each office, such that all desirable
	services are available through a single office connection.

There are other reasons, but these are mostly fallouts from the above
(e.g. elimination of unnecessary equipment, etc.).

Now back to the initial issue.

Individuals are trying to convince themselves of two basic notions:

1)	Will ATM become a ubiquitous international service?

2)	Will ATM be a viable "transport" vehicle for the envisioned
	multi-media world of tomorrow?

Since question one is fairly subjective, one could argue endlessly on
either side of the spectrum and only have a bruised skull to show for
the effort.  The interesting conversations on this thread are with
multi-media resource requirements and it would be nice to continue
this thread with more factual data on multi-media bandwidth and
latency requirements (at least this reader would find these topics
of greater value than biased "PAY ME LATER" comments).....

Just an opinion from the catacombs...........