[40348] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MPLS VPNs or not?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fletcher E Kittredge)
Tue Aug 7 15:50:40 2001
Message-Id: <200108071950.f77Jo1p03990@smtp.gwi.net>
To: "Kavi, Prabhu" <prabhu_kavi@tenornetworks.com>
Cc: "'Irwin Lazar'" <ILazar@tbg.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Reply-To: "'Irwin Lazar'" <ILazar@tbg.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 Aug 2001 13:55:03 EDT."
<6B190B34070BD411ACA000B0D0214E56CB8121@newman.tenornet.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 15:50:00 -0400
From: Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@gwi.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:55:03 -0400 "Kavi, Prabhu" wrote:
> I thought this was interesting as well. This other group within
> AT&T has obviously looked at the potential scaling problems, the
> risks associated with it, and continue to deploy it. As a side
> note, this group has built large networks in the past, and given
> the size and scope of their networks, have a stability that most
> operators would envy. Oh by the way, they are profitable too.
>
> Randy, what was your point again?
1980 X.25
1984 OSI
1991 ATM
2000 MPLS
good luck,
fletcher
P.S. Can anyone think of an effective way to sell MPLS futures short?
