Tom, I can't comment on CoxBusiness, but I have been very happy with Masergy's VPLS service, which provides a layer 2 Ethernet handoff independent of circuit type. Doesn't matter if it is a T1, DS3 or something bigger, or even Ethernet. It offers all the same functionality of MPLS , but with ability to use any routing protocol, as the VPLS service appears to be a layer 2 switch in the cloud. Overall simple to deploy and maintain. Of all the service providers I have dealt with worldwide they are way ahead of the competition. http://www.masergy.com/solutions/intelligent-transport Cheers Matt
From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 31 March 2010 14:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WAN over ethernet? Yesterday I had a discussion with our Internet/point-to-point provider. I am considering increasing my point-to-point bandwidth connections at all of my sites. Cox, my provider, has a new product called "Metro Ethernet" which essentially brings ethernet to the WAN, and this would be an option. My PTP connections would be replaced with ethernet. I could plug the ethernet cable into my router or for small sites just right into the office switch (and vlan do whatever as I would please). Cox tells me this is the "next generation" of WAN routing. It would be up to me to tag traffic that I consider critical (voice, ICA, etc) which would receive priority. Easy enough. Here is some info: http://www.coxbusiness.com/products/data/metroethernet.html This could simplify things here and I would not have to purchase routers for all of my remote sites if I didn't want to do so. And for my core switches here I wouldn't need those expensive PRI/T1 cards that I currently use. Anyone using this? I'm not a routing expert (I do enough to get the sites connected but spend most of my time on other things) so opinions/comments appreciated. Cost-wise it's a little more per month but with less hardware it would probably be a wash. If it matters my Cox point-to-point circuits are very reliable and rarely go down. Only the type-2 circuits have issues (Verizon issues usually). Thanks, Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at [email protected] . Thank You. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
