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Re: MPLS VPNs or not?

  • From: Dave Israel
  • Date: Tue Aug 07 16:20:51 2001 
On 8/7/2001 at 15:50:00 -0400, Fletcher E Kittredge said:
> 
> 1980   X.25

Still in use worldwide, 21 years later.

> 1984    OSI

Usable parts adapted for IP use. 

> 1991    ATM

Running DSL circuits everywhere (though not for much longer, at
this rate.) Not to mention voice and video, and even some IP
backbones.

> 2000   MPLS

Yep.

You missed Frame Relay, PPP, SONET, a bunch of other protocols, and
making any sort of point... unless you're trying to say some protocols
do better than others, which is a given.

-- 
Dave Israel
Senior Manager, IP Backbone
Intermedia Business Internet