Enterprise network as an ISP with a single huge customer

Sat Jun 13 05:44:44 UTC 2015

On 13 Jun 2015, at 10:00, Tim Raphael wrote:

> There are plenty of people out there that will use MPLS / multiple 
> tables for the wrong reasons just so they can say that's what they're 
> doing.

Concur 100%.

I also agree with both Chris and with Randy with regards to pros and 
cons of this general approach.

In my subjective experience, relatively few enterprises have the 
technical and operational savvy to design, deploy, operate, and 
troubleshoot a network designed in such a manner, or even understand the 
appropriate usage of these technologies, much less reap the benefits 
thereof.  Unless they've invested in hiring people with the right 
skillsets and breadth/depth of actual operational experience, this can 
be a path fraught with significant risk.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>