[194698] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Making interconnection agreements between networks more dynamic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith Medcalf)
Tue May 23 18:52:27 2017
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 16:52:21 -0600
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From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf@dessus.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> > This sounds something like the MEF Third Network type stuff.... I mean
> > the ability to setup connection dynamically across network boundaries
> > on-the-fly, via an ordering system... that has always sounded awesome
> > to me... and I've wondered how we could actually get there one day.
> to me, this was the dream of optical switching and gmpls (which is not
> mpls)
And, pray tell, what is the use of me setting up "peering" between myself a=
nd a network on the other side of the world when the data still has to flow=
over the same connections, merely encapsulated inside a tunnel? Reminds m=
e of the old days when you could directly connect "Chicago" to "Denver" usi=
ng a direct connection over a PVC that was routed Chicago -> New York -> Mi=
ami -> Los Angeles -> Denver. Sure, it looks like a direct connection, but=
...
Or will this magical interface also deploy robots to build the physical lay=
er?
