Mikrotik & OC-3 Connection

Sun Jul 4 00:25:35 UTC 2010

On 7/3/2010 17:12, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 07:32:48PM -0400, Scott Berkman wrote:
>> I really wouldn't use the word legacy to describe SONET and OC-3's.
> 
> 	It's around 25 years old (work started in 1985, first standards
> published in 1988) and we now have a ratified 100G Ethernet standard.
> 
> 	Much of it is being used to transport subrate links, some of
> which are derived from even older transport standards.
> 
> 	If not legacy, what word WOULD you use?
> 

I'd start calling it legacy when it's as easy to order from your telco
as X.25 would be. I still see Ethernet circuits delivered via OC-3/STM-1
today with an Overture. If you're throwing OC-3 into the legacy bin you
might as well call OC-192 and OC-768 legacy as well. Big deal if the
standard is old, apparently it's still useful enough that there isn't a
replacement yet.

~Seth