Re: MPLS and Carrier Ethernet, Oh My!

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 12/27/24 05:15, Jason Bothe via NANOG wrote:

> I’m thinking there is not a a wide market for them, not to mention 
> last mile support. Folks that need 100 or 400 ports typically want 
> point to point and at that juncture, wavelength or IPoDWDM makes sense 
> as more than likely these are going between data centers and not to 
> your average enterprise premises in a multi tenant building.  Just MHO.

This is correct.

It is a lot of capacity to put in the hands of a router that is sharing 
its hardware and capacity with other services that have nothing to do 
with plain transport. Also, it is a cheaper way to deliver transport 
capacity for both operator and customer.

Mark.