The MPLS WG Archive

[David Charlap <david.charlap@marconi.com>]

Eric Rosen wrote:
> 
> I think this is a good time to repeat a remark that Luca Martini
> made at the PWOT BoF in Minneapolis:
> 
>         If people wanted the ATM service model, we'd all be run-
>         ning ATM to the desktop now.

That's incredibly oversimplified.  I'm rather surprised to see you take
such a cheap shot in this group.

There are a great many reasons why ATM hasn't displaced Ethernet on
people's desktops, including the price of switch ports and a routing
protocol that would have a hard time scaling to the size of the
internet.

The fact that most people don't run ATM to their desktop doesn't mean
that ATM-style QoS wouldn't be appreciated over non-ATM media.

-- David