Re: OT:MPLS Across US

Joe,

Thanks for that heads up . These are things that always concern me. Level 3
is the SP I am looking to at this time, but the draw back I see is if you
go with a different carrier all together than that means another POP into
headquarters. Don't want to have 3 or 4 MPLS cloud POPS based of Region,
that could be torture.

thanks,

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Joe Astorino <joeastorino1982_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> My recent experiences have been with AT&T. They provide MPLS L3 VPN
> services across the USA and many many other countries, and offer a variety
> of QoS options. Specifically, they offer a 4 queue and 6 queue system,
> with a variety of different queueing options depending on what you want to
> do. NOW...the company I implemented this for, also does business in China
> and Hong Kong where AT&T could not get me a circuit.
>
> AT&T works with China Telecom in that situation. Basically, there is an
> ISP to ISP connection (redundant connections actually and you get to pick
> the IP addressing on that link as it must use inter-AS MPLS option A).
> That portion of it all works fine, but the QoS is where it sucks. China
> Telecom in this situation only supports currently a 4 queue system. AT&T
> supports either 4 or 6 ...so if you actually wanted to use 6 queues, you
> are kind of stuck unless you want to do a bunch of manual tedious
> remarkings. Because of this, I implemented a 4 queue system across the
> board.
>
> Make sure you are aware of all these things before you pull the trigger
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Ronnie Angello <ronnie.angello_at_gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> My experience in the past with an in-country/continental WAN was with
>> Verizon Business. We had nearly 1500 sites across the US, and their PIP
>> service was available everywhere. Canada was a different story, and I
>> agree that it took a bit of effort to work with the other provider,
>> specifically around provisioning and QoS... Don't expect it to be inline
>> with your standard configurations.
>>
>> I would imagine that AT&T and Sprint would have the same capabilities
>> domestically, but I'm not exactly sure.
>>
>> Ronnie
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Dennis Worth <dennis.worth_at_gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Group,
>> >
>> > I have an OT ? for you. Which carriers do MPLS (single carrier) across
>> the
>> > US(coast to coast)? also what are the impacts today with having a
>> > compounded based MPLS with a carrier handing off to another carrier with
>> > regards to provisioning and QOS?
>> >
>> > websites with info would be great and or personal experiences.
>> >
>> > Thank you all!
>> >
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