Hi Nanog, We've noticed that Global one has already begin to sell its MPLS based VPN, but we heard the Cisco people says that MPLS can't be widely deployed. Does anyone know any further detail of Global one's MPLS based VPN, is it real? Any additional operational cost than traditional VPN ? Here is the Glob alone news. Today's focus: Good times for Global One ----------------------------------------------- By Denise Pappalardo Global One last week was tooting its own horn. The company announced that it inked deals with more than 20 "major multinational companies in the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia.All of these new customers are using Global One's Global IP VPN service that's based on Multiprotocol Label Switching technology. Some of the 20 new customers include Renault Spain, Agrupacion Mutual Aseguradora and Sysigsa. Global IP VPN service is available in 35 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, U.S., United Kingdom and Venezuela. The service uses Cisco 7500 series routers that support MPLS for advanced traffic engineering, which allows users to set priority levels for various types of traffic. The service runs over France Telecom's global terabit fiber optic network that connects 250 cities in 16 European countries. France Telecom, which is now the sole owner of Global One, also recently announced that it is building a 15,000-mile fiber-optic network in North America that will span 28 cities. The service provider offers another version of its Global IP VPN service that runs over its frame relay network in 75 countries. -------------------------------------- (Mr.) Yu Ning, Chief Eng. Internet Network Product Dep. Data Com. Bureau, China Telecom Beijing, P.R.C. +86-10-62072357/54 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- (Mr.) Yu Ning, Chief Eng. Internet Network Product Dep. Data Com. Bureau, China Telecom Beijing, P.R.C. +86-10-62072357/54 --------------------------------------