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frames will be encapsulated within SONET wrappers and transported across the network
as SONET frames. This will be done to appease current network providers/managers who
are comfortable with using SONET and don’t want to change. Ultimately, though, these
same providers/managers will begin running native 10 GbE throughout their networks.
Nevertheless, you still cannot rule out SONET and ATM completely because just like sci-
ence fiction stories where anything can happen (Did you really think Spock died in Star
Trek 2?), anything can happen in the technology world.
77. Speaking of ATM, how does Gigabit ...