MPLS or Site2Site VPN

Tue Aug 30 23:53:33 UTC 2005

We are beginning to look into non-MPLS QoS enabled/aware Internet feeds. 
The desired product would give us some priority on some traffic with 
predictable end-to-end latency and jitter.

I will post to the list when I get further along in the process if anyone 
has interest.

The reason it appears MPLS won't work for us is that it introduces 
unnecessary complexity.  Between running BGP to the cloud and the design 
complexity to accomodate the service...it is not worth it.

TV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Michael.Dillon at btradianz.com>
To: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: MPLS or Site2Site VPN

>
>> but you do loose the traffice QoS (esp in the
>> internet fabric) you get with MPLS.
>
> I'm curious...
> Does anyone, anywhere run QoS in the Internet fabric,
> with or without MPLS?
>
> I know that some companies (like the one I work for)
> do offer several levels of service in their MPLS core
> networks. But to my way of thinking, the Internet fabric
> is precisely the peering interconnections between
> networks whether at an exchange point or over a private
> peering connection. As far as I know, nobody uses QoS
> over these connections and nobody does MPLS peering over
> these connections.
>
> Am I wrong???
>
> --Michael Dillon
>
> 