[12452] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Traffic Engineering [was Chanukah [was Re: Hezbollah]]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stan Barber)
Wed Sep 17 11:47:41 1997
From: sob@academ.com (Stan Barber)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:26:37 CDT
To: pkavi@pcmail.casc.com, <dorian@blackrose.org>, <pkline@cisco.com>,
<kwe@geo.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
> Doing traffic engineering right is hard. The telcos have it down pat
> for their voice networks, and telco-based ISPs often have applied
> this design expertise to their ISP network. Having a person do
> traffic engineering can save the ISP big bucks.
I agree that traffic engieering is important and doing it well is hard.
However, I can point to many cases that demonstrate that the telco folks
don't have traffic engineering down pat for their voice networks. The great
majority of the cases show up in two areas: InterCO trunking and
Inter-provider (telco-to-telco trunking). Of course, it just may be the
telcos I deal with here in Texas. I can't speak of direct experiences with
everyone in the country.
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