From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2006 - 20:56:07 GMT-3
> last-mile offerings ? Are wireless technologies (with some of the
> current security limitations) viable as a solution -- given the
> confidential nature of governement data -- in the near
> future ?
This really shouldn't be an issue because any government agency that is
transmitting sensitive information will be encrypting it with 3des or
aes based VPNs. If they don't already do this you could look into
offering them a managed VPN solution.
HTH,
Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of J.
> Holmes
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:19 PM
> To: Cisco certification; Cisco certification
> Subject: OFF-TOPIC ISP last-mile (strategy) query
>
> Hi all -
>
> Firstly, I do realize this is a Cisco-exclusive list, so I've
> flagged my topic as off-list. However, I'm hoping to find
> some ISP veterans who might be able to answer the
> following questions.
>
> Please forgive my naivity, I've been in the IT industry
> for several years but have made the transition to IT networks
> (ISPs) very recently.
>
> I attended a networking conference recently and one
> of the key note speakers (from a large ISP) mentioned in
> passing the difficulties in delivering IP services to their
> customers over their last mile infrastructure.
>
> As one of the network managers for a small ISP (our customer
> being primarily government services) looking to provide more
> IP services and get more government agencies on to our network,
> what would be some of the challenges we might encounter in
> delivering such services to current and new government bodies
> over our last mile infrastructure ? What should be some of
> our considerations ? What are some viable / cost-effective
> strategies ? Where is the industry heading in terms of
> last-mile offerings ? Are wireless technologies (with some of the
> current security limitations) viable as a solution -- given the
> confidential nature of governement data -- in the near
> future ?
>
> Any recommendations or thoughts would be most welcome.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
>
> J. H.
>
>
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