According to MCI, the carrier expects to triple its 1994 revenue in 1995.
Frame relay is in, and people have proven that it saves money.
Other major carriers also boast booming business. Companies like ACT and StrataCom are even proving that high-speed packet services serve voice and multimedia applications. Before 1992, leased lines were the primary media for private wide area networks. While savings due to generic DDS service and fractional T1 service enabled network managers to connect more end points, bandwidth remains a scarce resource, and many applications were designed to be bit-sensitive due to high costs. The statistical packet multiplexed nature of frame relay makes it less expensive to WAN users.