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Re: Fwd: basic question on MPLS

  • From: sthaug@nethelp.no
  • Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:42:39 +0100
  • Cc: rogerw@nordlink.com, mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
  • Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:00:14 -0500
  • To: asimha@cisco.com

> At least it is not noticeably faster :) And of course
> imposition/disposition is in fact slower than plain IP. IMHO it is
> the decoupling of forwarding and routing that allows apps like
> TE/VPNs that makes MPLS more attractive.

Agreed. I'm simply wondering why people are still talking about
MPLS being faster when that is one of the *least* interesting
things about MPLS *if it ever was true).

We are using MPLS for the VPN capabilities.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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