Re: The use of high speed (>34Mbit/s) within Europe

[Peter Lothberg <]

> At 16:52 04.11.96, Denis.Russell@localhost wrote:
> >I hope this query is a reasonable use of this list. I have been asked to
> >come up with a summary of the use of high speed (which means more than E3 -
> >34Mbit/s in this context) in Europe. The query really means off campus,
> 
> . .  . . . .
> 
> Further to my message of yesterday evening, you might also like to look
> at
> 
>     http://www.dante.net/ten-34/nn-high-speed.html
> 
> It is surprising how easily you forget what is on your own machine.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Howard
> 
> 
> 


Why are planning for the future focused on 34Mbit? 

It's slow, does not map into SDH (only as VC3, but the same VC3 would also hold 
a 45Mbps.)

It has ben demostrated that it is possible to even build transatlantic 155Mbit
circiuts (using native IP over SDH), so why not in Europe?

--Peter