The service is woefully overloaded, and in addition to bringing new modems on line, Christine and I are trying to come up with a plan to coerce saner usage patterns out of users. The problem is that dialin modem service doesn't scale very well and we can't just keep buying modems to satisfy demand. The equipment then routes IP over this line, effectively giving you a UIUCnet subnet in your home. I was hoping to get it deployed in September, but it didn't actually fly until the first of November. Oh well, other things I've done missed their projected due dates by even more.
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You can order this service today. See the document or visit the CCSO Resource Center. It's new, it's cool, be the first on your block to get the hottest new networking architecture. Really a scalable telecommunications switching architecture, ATM is finding its first applications in the data networking field. Combine that with the youth and general lack of community experience with the existing products, and it's damn scary stuff.