Paul Ferguson wrote;
Forgive me for furthering this slightly off-topic thread, but Sprint has been offerring Frame Relay data sevices for quite some time, both for private wide-area networks and for interconnectivity to the global internet via SprintLink. Now, Sprint will beat everyone else to the punch offerring up ATM -
Too late; MFS plugs in leading-edge network for high-speed data transfers MFS Communications Corp. claimed the technological lead among data communications service providers last week with the launch of its end-to-end asynchronous transfer mode network. MFS, an upstart better known for its successful challenges to local telephone company monopolies, claims to have set up the first ATM network in the country. But analysts say that distinction could be fleeting, as at least one other service provider -- Sprint Corp. -- is expected to offer a similar service by year-end. Although these systems can carry regular telephone conversations, they are most apt to be used to transmit huge volumes of computer data and to make it possible for computers in widely separate locations to work together. Ultimately, Royce Holland, president of MFS, sees ATM networks providing the backbone for a telecommunications infrastructure that supplies movies to home television sets at the touch of a button. Investor's Business Daily -- August 24 -- Page 4 Sprint was also before congress last week asking that MFJ restrictions against the RBOC's entry into long distance be codified into law, and that they (the RBOC's) be restricted from entry into long distance for 10 years! can you say competition? Brian Williams Ameritech data center Cypherpatriot