[135890] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EPC backhaul networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ping Pan)
Sun Jan 30 16:14:19 2011
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=_W8ybVtetdYaSB=PCpSuDQ2mzv-1BXaZuPAT7@mail.gmail.com>
From: Ping Pan <ping@pingpan.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:13:14 -0800
To: Cameron Byrne <cb.list6@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Cameron Byrne <cb.list6@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep. I hate L2. It is a total nightmare. But, it is literally the
> only game in town. I blame the MEF for spreading propaganda that
> MetroEis the best solution for backhaul ... most people dont even
> think of L3 solutions.... all the telcos, cable-cos, and utilities in
> this space only do L2 to the cell site.... even though they all use
> the same Juniper and ALU gear that does L3 too ...
>
Curious, do you think this will last? Thought LTE is all-IP. Why is there a
need for L2 other than raw bandwidth from Ethernet links?
Thanks!
Ping
