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Re: MPLS aware NICs

  • From: Puddinhead Wilson <puddinghead_wilson007@yahoo.co.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:01:21 +0100 (BST)
  • Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
  • Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:49:37 -0400
  • To: sthaug@nethelp.no

Hi,


 --- 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
> :-)

oh no!
This is all about "best effort"
> 
> > 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.

yes, but no reason why ethernet would not scale...

Let me check what the latest rage support on ZX
modules are...a few 100 kms? how costly is it to put
up another switch after every few 100kms?





	
	
		
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