Re: MPLS VPNs or not?

[Vadim Antonov <avg () exigengroup com>]

The point is very simple - virtual circuit routing does not scale.  That
was beaten to death in ATM vs IP discussions years ago.

Do we need to repeat that again?

http://www.kotovnik.com/~avg/pluris/ip_vs_atm/

--vadim

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Christian Kuhtz wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:34:05PM +0100, Randy Bush wrote:
> > > A PE carries only the routes needed at a specific PE depending on the VPNs
> > > present at a specific PE.
> >
> > and five years out, what percentage of my O(10-^6) vpn customers will have a
> > branch in each of (chicago|nyc|sf|.*)?
>
> Randy,
>
> and how should I know? ;-).. I'm a) lacking a functional crystal ball (a magic
> 8 ball is my only ball shaped engineering tool) and b) they'll presumably be 
> still your customers and not mine! ;-)
>
> Seriously, what point are you trying to make?  There are several ways to 
> interpret the statement.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> -- 
> Christian Kuhtz <ck () arch bellsouth net> -wk, <ck () gnu org> -hm
> Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S.
> "I speak for myself only."