RE: MPLS VPNs or not?

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Kavi, Prabhu wrote:

If service provider Y sucks, then customers will leave it.

Ahhh.. The lie of pure capitolism... This is the assumption that the customer has perfect knowledge. It's wrong. It's not as simple as: If they suck, the customer will leave.

growth. At one time, UUNET's traffic was simply outrunning the ability of L3 routers to keep up. Their choices were to:

As you admitted before, this is not a factor in the market today. I don't see much frame or ATM gear doing OC-192 switching.