Point to Point Ethernet
Mikael Abrahamsson
swmike at swm.pp.se
Thu Jul 9 07:11:37 UTC 2009
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:
> There's plenty of fiber in the ground. Light dark stuff with the new
> network, plug it into IEEE 802* compliant layer 2, and IETF compliant
> layer 3 infrastructure; and leave the dying Bellcore/ITU network on the
> old copper and SONET.
Have you built an nationwide greenfield network based on dark fibre and
ethernet? I have.
Don't misrepresent the problems that might arise from this. It
might be easier to do compared to a SONET network, but it's still a can of
worms and you definitely want a lot of the "bellhead" stuff you're
ridiculing.
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike at swm.pp.se
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