Thanks Michael, I talked with them and went to a presentation. They call it Converged Services. It's fairly new for them. Here is a quick glance at it.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22102440/Clipboard01.jpg I didn't like the prioritizing and dynamically bandwidth allocation so I am sticking with the "traditional" way. Thanks all for your inputs. -CD From: Michael Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:24 PM To: Chuong Dao Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] Metro Ethernet Hello Chuong: You should ask to speak with their Sales Engineering team about how they are actually delivering the product. It sounds like they are using a router that splits out Voice and Data and then aggregates them on the back end over multiple T-1's. Like this: Router ---- Magic Box ------ T1 ----- -------T1----- -------T1----- The magic box above carries the ethernet signal over the bonded T-1's. Then, they either split out a T-1 for voice or are giving you a straight VOIP play. It could also be an MPLS-based solution over the same type of technologies. Or a direct fiber play if you're on-net. One big question is, does it really matter if it works? We have several customers using various flavors of TWTC's ME product and it seems to work as advertised, regardless of the underlying technologies. As Tom said, you might want to check with a reseller because they can often get it cheaper (due to bulk pricing, I think). Regards, Mike -- Michael K. Smith [email protected] On Feb 23, 2011, at 02:58 PM, Chuong Dao <[email protected]> wrote: Our current internet connection contract is about to be expired. I am looking to cut cost(I guess we all do these days). TWTC is offering Metro Ethernet solution by bringing in both voice and data in one package. Also, they will be bringing in their own routers and I really don't like having no access to them. I have several concerns. How reliable is Metro Ethernet? What are the pros/cons? The price cheaper than what I am paying now...makes me nervous :) Thanks for the advices. -CD _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
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