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.

Frame relay had a good run, but the rise of MPLS VPNs has spelled the beginning of the end for the old WAN technology. VPNs burst on the scene in the late 1990s as a way to use the Internet securely ...

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 ...

Out go ATM, Frame Relay and leased lines. In come DSL, Ethernet and IP virtual private networks (VPNs). It may not be quite that simple but the world of data communications is in the midst of seeing ...

Customer demand for cost-efficient primary and alternate transport services led the carrier to develop a frame relay over DSL solution, said Larry Denayer, manager of frame relay and ATM product ...