ATM will not become the universal switching fabric that replaces the Internet. Rather, we think it will be used as a high-performance data-link layer underneath IP, similar to FDDI, Ethernet, or ISDN.
Predictor: Auerbach, Karl
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for LAN magazine, Karl Auerbach and Chris Wellens cover the future of the Internet. They write: ”The hype concerning ATM [Asynchronous Transfer Mode] revolves around very fast switching capabilities and service guarantees. However, an ATM-based network is subject to congestion … It is our feeling that ATM will not become the universal switching fabric that replaces the Internet. Rather, we think it will be used as a high-performance data-link layer underneath IP, similar to FDDI, Ethernet, or ISDN.”
Date of prediction: October 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: LAN Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Evolution or Revolution?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/121/612/36098279w1/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A17433050&dyn=11!xrn_138_0_A17433050?sw_aep=ncliveec
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