Thank you, Comcast.

Sat Feb 27 01:06:07 UTC 2016

Really?  Consumer Narrowband Access Networks use these protocols all the time. (I call them narrowband since that is what they are -- even though the common euphamism is broadband, "broad" it certainly is not).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Roland Dobbins
> Sent: Friday, 26 February, 2016 10:55
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> Subject: Re: Thank you, Comcast.
> 
> On 26 Feb 2016, at 22:52, Jay Nugent wrote:
> 
> >    Customers regularly use various VPN protocols from GRE, SIT, and
> > IPIP, monitoring protocols such as SNMP, as well as RTP and SIP (where
> > we spend the bulk of our time troubleshooting).
> 
> Not so on consumer broadband access networks, which are what's being
> discussed in this thread.
> 
> It's a different story for transit operators.
> 
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> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>