[THIN] Re: OT: Frame vs ATM
- From: "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:20:20 -0400
In reality, Frame Relay is carried over an ATM backbone in almost all cases.
Frame is only used for the local pipe to the first switch. So it really
comes down to a costing (and commitments) on that local loop piece, and
hardware you need to change out at your end, - versus the pumped up
guarantee. So also look at cost up increasing your FR CIR when you do the
analysis. You might also run a test to see if you are really affected by
the CIR that you have. You might be surprised.
Tim Mangan
. a former President of the Frame Relay Forum
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Matthew Shrewsbury
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:27 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: Frame vs ATM
Next year our contract will be up with our current provider of frame. I have
been approached by a company that provides ATM host to host or host to
Internet access. They say ATM has no CIR and is cheaper as a result.
We currently have 5 sites connecting back to our host site using frame relay
(384 w 192CIR).
From experience has anyone found ATM or Frame to be better then the
other..if so why?
Thanks for any feedback,
Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
Senior Network Administrator
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