[40350] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MPLS VPNs or not?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Israel)
Tue Aug 7 16:18:48 2001
From: Dave Israel <davei@biohazard.demon.digex.net>
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Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:18:25 -0400
To: "'Irwin Lazar'" <ILazar@tbg.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Cc: "Kavi, Prabhu" <prabhu_kavi@tenornetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: Re: MPLS VPNs or not? (Fletcher E Kittredge)
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On 8/7/2001 at 15:50:00 -0400, Fletcher E Kittredge said:
>
> 1980 X.25
Still in use worldwide, 21 years later.
> 1984 OSI
Usable parts adapted for IP use.
> 1991 ATM
Running DSL circuits everywhere (though not for much longer, at
this rate.) Not to mention voice and video, and even some IP
backbones.
> 2000 MPLS
Yep.
You missed Frame Relay, PPP, SONET, a bunch of other protocols, and
making any sort of point... unless you're trying to say some protocols
do better than others, which is a given.
--
Dave Israel
Senior Manager, IP Backbone
Intermedia Business Internet
