But because the bandwidth was shared and some of ABC’s data traffic was bursty with large payloads, satellite was only considered for disaster recovery. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology, a special type of packet switching network that delivers small fixed-size data packet across a network, was also considered, but was not considered appropriate due to various reasons. For instance, ATM works well with live video and audio due to its low latency and very high quality of service. However, ATM technology has largely been implemented by large carriers for their wide area network cores, thus making this technology less feasible both technologically and economically.