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The Silence of the ATM LANs...

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Overview In the early to mid '90s, ATM earned and steadfastly defended the high ground against SMDS, frame relay, and other switched WAN technology. ATM was the media darling. It was the glorious, ultimate, seamless networking solution. ATM was to be a universal solution, like the foamy white stuff whimsically advertised in a classic Saturday Night Live commercial as both dessert topping and floor wax. ATM was good for the desktop, the campus LAN, and the WAN. By 1995, ATM had an enormous market edge and a considerable lead over every conceivable and competing technology. With no obvious competition for the LAN or WAN, analysts began to describe every technology other than ATM as legacy. FDDI? Dead. SMDS and Frame Relay? Relevant for a time, until they become services offered over or through ATM.

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Publisher	Core Competence	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Ethernet, Local Area Networks (LAN), ATM

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