Really? Consumer Narrowband Access Networks use these protocols all the time. (I call them narrowband since that is what they are -- even though the common euphamism is broadband, "broad" it certainly is not).
-----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Roland Dobbins Sent: Friday, 26 February, 2016 10:55 To: NANOG list Subject: Re: Thank you, Comcast.
On 26 Feb 2016, at 22:52, Jay Nugent wrote:
Customers regularly use various VPN protocols from GRE, SIT, and IPIP, monitoring protocols such as SNMP, as well as RTP and SIP (where we spend the bulk of our time troubleshooting).
Not so on consumer broadband access networks, which are what's being discussed in this thread.
It's a different story for transit operators.
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