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Re: Enterprise network as an ISP with a single huge customer


From: "Roland Dobbins" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:44:44 +0700


On 13 Jun 2015, at 10:00, Tim Raphael wrote:

There are plenty of people out there that will use MPLS / multiple tables for the wrong reasons just so they can say that's what they're doing.

Concur 100%.

I also agree with both Chris and with Randy with regards to pros and cons of this general approach.

In my subjective experience, relatively few enterprises have the technical and operational savvy to design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot a network designed in such a manner, or even understand the appropriate usage of these technologies, much less reap the benefits thereof. Unless they've invested in hiring people with the right skillsets and breadth/depth of actual operational experience, this can be a path fraught with significant risk.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net>


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