Cell Relay Archive

[Brad Reese <reese@alliancedatacom.com>]

Hi Simon,

Check in with Jack Rickard the Publisher of Boardwatch Magazine:

http://www.internetworld.com/daily/news/1998/06/1701-sprint.html

http://www.internetworld.com/print/1998/06/08/news/19980608-sprint.html

Some of your questions may also be found at:

http://www.sprintbiz.com/ion/trends.html

and

http://www.sprintbiz.com/ion/faqs.html

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Brad Reese
Frame Relay Resource Center
http://www.alliancedatacom.com
Dallas, Texas USA
800-444-5851 Toll Free
214-503-7400 Office
214-503-8660 Fax

ranib@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> I have a couple of questions regarding Sprint's new Integrated On-Demand
> Network (ION). I am not sure if this is the right place to ask the questions;
> I haven't been able to find a newsgroup on US service providers. If you know
> of a better place where I should ask, please tell me!
>
> My understanding is that the ION platform will be largely based on ATM
> technology. But this is effectively all that I know. I have the following
> questions:
>
> - Is ATM technology being used only as a backbone network technology, with
> edge devices being something else (e.g., routers for data and
> circuit-switches for voice), or is ATM intended to be used all the way to the
> local exchange?
>
> - How will voice be carried in that ION platform? Will it be voice over ATM
> (using e.g., AAL1 or AAL2) or voice over IP?
>
> - Will the ATM platform also be used to provide QoS for other real-time
> applications such as videoconferencing (including ATM signalling such as
> developed by the ATM Forum), or will the offering of such advanced multimedia
> applications all be based on IP technologies?
>
> That's all. BTW, I am from a manufacturer, and not a competitive service
> provider!
>
> Simon
>
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