What frame relay switch is causing MCI/Worldcom such grief?

Dorian Kim dorian at blackrose.org
Tue Aug 10 05:07:57 UTC 1999


On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:20:50AM -0400, Nathan Stratton wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Michael Dillon wrote:
> > 
> > > What frame relay switch is causing MCI/Worldcom such grief? 
> > 
> > The last time we had a Bay Networks salesperson visit he stated that MCI
> > (this was before the merger) was an all-Bay frame network.  Whether that
> > has changed or not, I can't say, but I can't see them ditching it all so
> > quickly.
> 
> I think the Bay guy had a switch to sell you. There are now and for a long
> time have been using Cascade (now Ascend).

MCI (not Worldcom) used to use Bay BCNs in what used to be known as 
Hyperstream service for frame switching along with GDC switches for ATM.

-dorian




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