On 29/08/05, Todd Reed <treed@astate.edu> wrote:
I'm looking at connecting 15+ multi-state locations together to start forming a private corporate network. The sites are small with 25-30 devices. I want to avoid direct-T1's due to cost, therefore I'm looking for alternatives. I know I can do site-to-site VPN, but I've also heard a lot about MPLS and from what I've read, it may be a good option. Over the next year, we will be adding 5-10 more sites, so expansion is important. I'm not planning to do voice, but it may be an option in 2-3 years. If anyone has any suggestions on their experiences, I would greatly appreciate it.
Several large corporate connectivity providers in India have setup managed MPLS VPN services, and these are quite popular .. in fact, popular enough to eat into the incumbent telco's point to point leased line revenues, so that they get their tame telecom bureaucrats to setup a new category of "VPN providing ISPs" and prescribe an arbitrarily high licensing fee and tax structure for them. So, I'd say go for it .. -- Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)