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MARCS-IP?

JethrowJohnson

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Hi all,
I was just wondering, in the database for the Ohio MARCS-IP network it says that the IP means that it was interconnected by IP routers instead of, I think it says traditional circuits or something like that. I was wondering what exactly that means and why does it work better? Thank you 🙂
 

wa8pyr

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Old MARCS was connected by data run through telephone lines (circuit switched). New MARCS is connected using Internet Protocol; basically just a big computer network.

Old telephone circuits are limited in how much data they can pass where IP doesn't have quite the same limitations.
 

JethrowJohnson

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Old MARCS was connected by data run through telephone lines (circuit switched). New MARCS is connected using Internet Protocol; basically just a big computer network.

Old telephone circuits are limited in how much data they can pass where IP doesn't have quite the same limitations.
Oh okay 👍 Thank you 🙂
 
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