[40368] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MPLS VPNs or not?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Tue Aug 7 21:35:55 2001
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:35:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@exigengroup.com>
To: Robert Raszuk <raszuk@cisco.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> 5 years from now you will see routers from multiple vedors allowing you
> to store & process orders of mangnitute of more routes. As a matter of
> fact if you have so much routes - you as an opertator should only be
> happy - as it means you are selling your new service and erning more
> money.
Funny how nothing changes as years pass...
For some obscure reason, these promised "routers able to store & process
orders of magnitude of more routes" always seem to be available a year or
so _after_ they could save the day.
I think the _best_ way for an operator to earn money is called "customer
retention". No implementation costs, little operational costs; a cash
cow. In my opinion, the best way to keep customers is not to offer new
features on a flaky network, but to have network to be truly dependable.
It's customer churn (and "make buck quickly" mentality) which kills ISPs.
--vadim
