[186767] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VPLS Providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Fri Jan 1 10:19:39 2016
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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Chris Burwell <cburwell@gmail.com>
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Chris Burwell wrote:
> I've had enough trouble with broadcast storms and other issues in N.A.
And you still want vpls? Wow.
If you're talking a requirement for connecting geographically separated
locations, there are sound technical reasons for avoiding vpls like the
plague. Unless there are overriding technical reasons why it wouldn't
work, l3vpn will almost always provide a far better quality service.
Nick
