Isn't "Metro Ethernet" a MAN shared network solution, sold by companies that want to sub-lease their existing unused links?
Or am I thinking of something else...? -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
