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<DIV><SPAN class=342132309-01102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Whatever the relative technical merits of MPLS/BGP VPNs over other layer
3 VPNs (GRE, IPsec, L2TP etc) there are many service providers around the world
selling these services. There is clearly a business need for them, and obviously
customers how will buy them (well, we have managed to sell them anyway!), so
there is an economic reason to deploy MPLS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342132309-01102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342132309-01102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Layer
2 based LAN extension services will only extend this market further and again
uses MPLS as its base transport mechanism.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=342132309-01102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Matt.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Shannon Lake
[mailto:shannon@omnivergent.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 01 October 2002
08:26<BR><B>To:</B> nanog@merit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Economic Justification
/ Rationale for MPLS<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ladies and
Gentlemen:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been conducting research
looking for the economic justification for MPLS. I have some feedback,
but sound rationale from the industry has eluded me thus far. I am
looking for a paper, website, etc that explains the benefits of implementing
MPLS (other than technical) or gives some economic modeling for MPLS-based
networks. Any help, reasoning, rationale or personal insights/views
would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks in advance,
</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Shannon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">M.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lake</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Sr.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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