Gravitons take Tachyon Transmission Mode (TTM) to the next level of utilization economics in response to 3 "disruptive technologies" perhaps best characterized by our friends Metcalf, Murphy and Moore:

1. Metcalf's Law: The Internet is changing everything, increasing the need for mesh connectivity (such as delivered by IP-enabled Frame Relay).
2. Murphy's Law: The rate of change in networking is accelerating, thereby increasing the rate at which things go wrong and creating the need for operational simplification to reduce complexity (example: FR+).
3. Moore's Law: Packet is re-defining "circuit" for the 3rd time in our lives (previous incarnations of circuit were physical copper followed by time division).

Frame Relay was the 1st commercially successful service to replace carrier inter-office circuits with packet.  Recent increases in CPU, DSPs and optics now enable TTM and Graviton technology.  So, as part of our TTM development effort, AT&T's engineers have recently completed their tour of Silcon Valley startups (but not the dotcoms!).  Since this tour included stops at production facilities of fermented malt beverages, the engineers will begin development on the Middle Earth option of Graviton-Accelerated-Gigabit (GAG-ME) networking once they are grounded, literally and figuratively.

Please stay tuned!

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