[191167] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Managed global low latency network with any to any connectivity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Naslund, Steve)
Wed Aug 24 11:48:33 2016
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From: "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund@medline.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:48:18 +0000
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This is kind of the holy grail of networks you are looking for. You have t=
o be a lot more specific than global to really shop this. As far as I know=
(and I have looked a lot), there is not one network that can get you to mo=
st countries with the best performance. For example, China is a particular=
case of a limited number of carriers delivering the last mile. There are =
a lot of countries that also have nationalized monopolies that can't be avo=
ided. Best idea is to put together an RFP listing the countries you are in=
terested in with the SLA you want. Various providers are teamed with other=
providers to provide a complete solution but there will definitely be carr=
iers stronger in certain regions.
If you are talking about any-to-any connectivity on a global basis you are =
looking at an MPLS VPN type of network in order to deal with last mile tran=
sport over various providers. In my experience that is about the only way =
to get a real global any-to-any private network.
Also, the old saying: "cheap, reliable, fast; pick any two" really applies =
in this case.
Steven Naslund
Chicago IL
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Arqam Gadit <gadit.arqam=
@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 5:13 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Managed global low latency network with any to any connectivity
Hello guys,
I am looking for a global network with:
- lowest possible latency
- lowest possible jitter (packet loss and latency variation)
- lowest possible monetary cost
The few providers I have talked to until now, they all provide a point-to-p=
oint low latency link. However, what I am looking for is any-to-any connect=
ivity so I can get from one point to another in least possible time and lea=
st possible cost.
Would appreciate if you guys can point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
Arqam
