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> I'll give a few more hints as to what I'm looking for.. Did you answer my questions? :) > How about ethernet versus ATM? With VLANs and high speed such as > Gig/10Gig, I can get speed and one to many arrangements (at least for > lower speeds). Should Ethernet be point to point or optionally > multiaccess in nature? ATM is a fine edge technology for lower speed access. Ethernet is inherently "multiaccess" (can you say CSMA-CD?) > Or, what about MPLS? With MPLS, service provider connections can be > established without concern for underlying media (e.g., ethernet, > POS, ATM). Interoperable MPLS from hundreds of vendors? Yeah right. IP on the other hand, has been implemented on everything from x25, ham-radio, Frame, ATM, leasedline, avian carrier, wet string, lamda, and many other "underlying" media. I hear seismic waves are under test. > Is Diff-Serv or ATM QoS a requirement or can 85-90% of requirements > be met with loss/latency service as the baseline? Overprovisioning solves nearly all QoS concerns. There are very few QoS requirements. > What special arrangements should be made for hosting (e.g., local > caching or streamers)? Yes, I'm stretching here a bit. Reassure your exchange clients that you are -NOT- in direct competition with them. > > - -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 5:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: Service Provider Exchange requirements > > > > What switching and/or service characteristics would you require > > such that an exchange point would be desirable (e.g., media types, > > switch fabric, route servers, multicast services, SLAs, ..)? > > > > Kind of depends on what you want out of your exchange and who your > target marrket(s) are. Factor in budgets, (financial, space, > environmental...) > and you should have winnowed down the conceivable to the likely. > > Enjoy. > > - --bill > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBOfNoT5uyh6FekS+1EQI8VgCglnkgxLEuT5LYJAoqsYRFd67JejEAn1VJ > jOz0O7zVxclHYHxuSQlqvskL > =A7/Z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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