[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jared Mauch) writes: > ... > I keep hear of Frame-Relay and ATM signaling that is going > to happen in large providers MPLS cores. That's right, your "safe" TDM > based services, will be transported over someones IP backbone first.
One of my DS3/DS1 vendors recently told me of a plan to use MPLS for part of the route inside their switching center. I said "not with my circuits you won't". Once they understood that I was willing to take my business elsewhere or simply do without, they decided that an M13 was worth having after all. My advice is, walk softly but carry a big stick. When we all say "everything over IP" that means teaching more devices how to speak 802.11 or other packet-based access protocols rather than giving them ATM or F/R or dialup modem circuitry. It does *not* mean simulating an ISO-L1 or ISO-L2 "circuit" using a ISO-L3 "network". (Ick.) -- Paul Vixie
