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I assume that’s a T1 dig? It worked quite well for the intended purpose - carrying voice traffic.
by marcus0x62 3y ago
I assume that’s a T1 dig? It worked quite well for the intended purpose - carrying voice traffic.
- p_l 3y agoSo did 53 byte frames, which was due to voice-specific requirements. Could it fit better? Sure. It was after all a compromise so equipment was interoperable.
- marcus0x62 3y agoThe 53 byte ATM cell was a compromise for a particular community of voice networks. And the overhead and small cell size never really worked "well" -- there are a bunch of reasons why Ethernet and IP won out, and low average overhead and the ability by the late 90s to scale switching and routing gear up to gigabit speeds and beyond were two big reasons. ATM collapsed under its own weight.