Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:03:20 -0800
From: "David L. Wasley" <David.Wasley@ucop.edu>
To: cenic-tpg@ucdavis.edu
Subject: ATM services?

Another comment that came up recently was about providing native ATM
services as part of CalREN-2.  We have always stated that "IP is the common
bearer service and ATM might be available on an experimental basis."  I
think this position is very important to maintain.  The common good is
served by IP and that is the cost we are sharing.  Anything else is
temporary, as available.

Here is one financial model to consider: suppose some pair of researchers
want a 310 Mb/s VC between them, what should CalREN-2 charge them for this?
I think they should pay for half the cost of an OC-12 plus some overhead
for equipment, network management, etc.  Representing a fair share of the
CalREN-2 costs but still less than a separate carrier service.

Remember folks, this ain't free and it ain't cheap.

        David