VPNs have pretty much buried frame relay as a WAN technology, according to a survey by Forrester Research. According to the report, 48% of businesses surveyed use site-to-site VPNs for WAN ...

Big carriers tend to justify the telecommunications merger frenzy by saying users want to get all types of services bundled together into a single package from one player. But many users actually ...

In 1992, frame relay was portrayed as an interim technology that would be replaced by Switched Multimegabit Data Service. In 1995, industry insiders predicted frame relay would be devoured by ATM.

A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote ...

PARIS, France — Alcatel is delivering a software upgrade for its 7670 route-switching platform Monday (April 28) that will deliver better interworking between Frame Relay and Ethernet services in ...

Editor’s Note: On Nov. 9, the ISP News Report newsletter will change its name to Service Provider News Report. In the newsletter each week, Carolyn Duffy Marsan will continue to bring you news, views ...

The reliability of Frame Relay networks in running business-critical applications was called into question after the collapse of AT&T's US Frame Relay network, which paralysed users for over 20 hours.

It wasn’t so long ago that calling a telco to order frame-relay circuits was the only feasible way to securely connect remote offices to headquarters. The typical frame-relay network consists of T1 ...

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