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Re: MPLS aware NICs

  • From: Puddinhead Wilson <puddinghead_wilson007@yahoo.co.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:03:26 +0100 (BST)
  • Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
  • Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:50:05 -0400
  • To: sthaug@nethelp.no

though ofcourse, 
we do get ethernet switches which rate limit
too....who was that vendor...
...was it cisco?? or extreme?

 --- sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: 
> > The question is never what the "provider feels".
> The
> > provider is just a "means to an end". If the end
> user
> > feels ethernet is cheaper, he will prefer it and
> all
> > happy providers will provide it.
> 
> Certainly. But having an Ethernet interface towards
> the customer
> doesn't mean that your whole network is Ethernet -
> it could be
> a pure bridged ATM network if that's what you prefer
> :-)
> 
> > For that matter in my country, there is a large
> scale
> > ethernet last mile for Internet services itself at
> as
> > cheap as 5$ a month.
> 
> Ethernet interfaces are very popular for customers
> here in Norway
> too - but again, your core network could be
> completely different.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
>  


	
	
		
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