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From LANs ...... To WANs

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VoicenData Bureau
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"Bigger pipes and lower prices."

That is the new law of the LAN. And all this is being fed by the

need for more users on the LAN, increase in internetworked LANs,

and by the growth of LAN applications. E-mail and Internet are

the key drivers.

Corporate networkers are using 100 mbps

links to the server. Then, there are autosensing switches, which

can dramatically boost the performance for about two times the

cost of the hub. And new this year are gigabit Ethernet server

connections. This means more capacity for the entire network,

without expensive alternations to end-user desktops.

The

boom time to continue for Switched Ethernet ...

Switched Ethernet revenues will continue

to grow through the end of the decade, with gigabit

Ethernet revenues touching the $1 billion mark by the

year 2000.

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cost of transmission is falling.

The

US multimode fibre market is projected to grow from $700

million in 1996 to over $1.45 billion by 2001. The

average price of fibre is expected to stabilize at $0.20

per meter through 2001.

Even in the

space where LANs and WANs meet, switches are making waves

...

The action for internetworking

is at layer 2 and 3. Revenues from these switches should

continue to grow through the end of the decade. But

high-end router revenues will hold steady, thanks to the

growing ISP market.

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And even though the internetworking focus is on Frames,

ATM vendors are busy working on new waves for next year
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Strong growth is forecast for ATM and

Frame Relay markets.

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