[40339] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MPLS VPNs or not?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vijay Gill)
Tue Aug 7 12:22:21 2001
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 12:19:37 -0400
From: Vijay Gill <vijay@umbc.edu>
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--On Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:03 -0400 Christian Kuhtz
<ck@arch.bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Any new technology has glitches, which are typically resolved over time.
> That's an operational reality, too. That's why there are precautions in
> place to prevent meltdowns, which start with testing and safety
> break-aways of your network to prevent meltdowns.. it's either time to
> come up with them or not participate in the risk. That's a choice you
> make, but not a thumbs up or thumbs down on the value or effectiveness
> of a given technology or architecture. They certainly influence each
This is a pretty good summing up but I have always fallen on the
conservative side of the the continuing operational cost/benefit tradeoff.
Some folks will feel that this approach to mpls vpn yields an acceptable
number, some will not.
I strongly encourage the competition to deploy this (tm MO). Maybe it'll be
all good, and I'll be eating crow, won't be for the first time.
/vijay
