> On 26 Mar 2014, at 22:26, "Will Hargrave" <w...@harg.net> wrote: >> > > Actually I think the things which made it a problem years ago (l2 hygiene, > loops, etc) are less of a problem, since we have adequate protection. These > days, as a proportion of traffic flow router controlplanes are far more > vulnerable to things going wrong.
Not sure I agree - I think the two are linked - a big enough flap from one of these carriers and it can create instabilities in the fabric and the L3 domain. > Hell, LINX (and everyone else) *sell* a partner product which encourages > people to connect over third party l2 infrastructure. Yup - but In my view it's not a great solution for us as network providers. > Our challenges lie elsewhere, mostly within the fabric itself as opposed to > the customer interface. I don't see how you can abstract the two in the way you are doing the two are linked.
