[44398] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Next generation DSLAMs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Thu Nov 22 08:58:18 2001
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From: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:57:36 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <cistron.4.3.2.7.2.20011122213039.00b78610@localhost>,
Geoff Huston <gih@telstra.net> wrote:
>One view is http://www.potaroo.net/ispcolumn/2001-11-dsl.html
Cistron Telecom in .NL built a network exactly like that by placing
the BBRASes (redback) close to the DSLAM, then encapsulating the
traffic for each wholesale customer into a MPLS VPN using Juniper boxes.
Unfortunately due to the bad investment climate and problems
with (de-)regulation and the local monopolist Cistron Telecom
doesn't exist anymore, and Cistron Internet is now a client
of another wholesaler that indeed delivers DSL circuits over
ATM to use in one central location (for the entire country!)
Looking back I am still convinced we had it right but we
were probably just way ahead of our time, alas.
Mike.
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein.
