From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Dec 28 10:24:28 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA20172 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 10:24:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA20167 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 10:24:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from PacBell.TelcoSucks.org (msn-33.hl-1.msn.eunet.de [194.175.90.33]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.3/8.8.2) with SMTP id KAA18786; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 10:30:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19961228102157.006c2b1c@Gatekeeper-3.Lamb.net> X-Sender: ulf@Gatekeeper-3.Lamb.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (32) Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 10:25:33 -0800 To: Jason Lixfeld , Vinay Kumar From: Ulf Zimmermann Subject: Re: Information about public ATM networks Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Pacific Bell is offering ATM too, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. Ulf. At 01:02 PM 12/28/96 -0500, Jason Lixfeld wrote: >As far as I know, you would have to go directly to Sprintlink, MCI, >Rogers, or Whatever for your ATM. The phone companies (most of them) are >limited to regular phone lines, and digital lines (ISDN) ATM is Fiber >Optics, and generally only the big guys provide them. > > >Regards, > >Jason A. Lixfeld >-=- >IDBS Administration >System Administrator >Client Services Representative >Systems Liason >-=- >Internet Direct o/a ComputerLink Online Inc. >5415 Dundas Street West Suite 301 >Etobicoke, ON M9B 1B5 >CANADA >[416] 233.7150 {V} >[416] 233.6970 {F} >-=- >carrera@idirect.com > > >On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Vinay Kumar wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I have been following the mailing list for more than a month. I found very >> knowledgeable people on the mailing list. I was wondering if any you had >> any experiences with public WAN ATM networks. Let me explain ... >> >> A company needs to connect several of its sites located in different >> cities through a ATM network. Part of the ATM network (some VPI/VCI) is >> used to connect to the Internet and the rest of the bandwidth is for >> private use. This would primarily be used for multimedia, video stuff... >> >> Is it possible for a company (corporation) to get ATM connection from the >> telephone companies? If so, what kind of support do they have? >> Do they support SVC? >> Do they support ATM multicasting? >> What is the level of support provided by the telephone companies? >> How do I get this information? ( I tried contacting PacBell but met with >> limited success in getting them to answer the questions) >> >> Thanks for any responses >> >> Vinay Bannai >> vinay@cs.stanford.edu >> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- Alameda Networks, Inc. | Ulf Zimmermann (ulf@Alameda.net) 1525 Pacific Avenue | Phone: (510)769-2936 Alameda, CA 94501 | Fax : (510)521-5073