Bayan da aka fara tsara ATM, cibiyoyin sadarwa sun zama da sauri. Tsarin Ethernet mai cikakken girma na 1500 (12000-bit) yana ɗaukar 1.2 μs kawai don watsawa a kan hanyar sadarwar 10 Gbit / s, yana rage buƙatar ƙananan ƙwayoyin don rage tashin hankali saboda jayayya. Wasu suna la'akari da cewa wannan yana ba da hujja don maye gurbin ATM tare da Ethernet a cikin kashin baya na cibiyar sadarwa. Ƙarin haɗin haɗin kai da kansu ba sa sauƙaƙe tashin hankali saboda jerin gwano. Bugu da ƙari, kayan aiki don aiwatar da daidaitawar sabis don fakitin IP yana da tsada a cikin sauri. Musamman, a saurin OC-3 da sama, farashin rarrabuwa da sake haɗawa (SAR) na kayan aiki ya sa ATM ya zama ƙasa da gasa fiye da IP Packet SET (POS); saboda tantanin salula na 48-byte, ATM ba shi da dacewa a matsayin Layer na IP kai tsaye (ba tare da buƙatar sauya bayanan IP ba) a cikin cibiyar sadarwar.
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