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Re: long distance gigabit ethernet


From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:02:13 -0500


On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:54:05AM -0500, Greg Pendergrass wrote:

Absolutely right, I don't care what's in between as long as I have GigE at
the end. Other options include using wave (too expensive), or ethernet over
MPLS (worth considering although latency may be too high for longer that
1000 miles).

Why would latency be too high? Just talk to one of the carriers who do
everything over MPLS, I'm sure they're more then interested in selling 
some kind of "VPN services" (well someone in the company is at any rate, 
most sales people would be flatly stumped and are more concerned with 
trying to keep their jobs than finding you cheap longhaul anyways).

You might want to try isp-bandwidth, it's a list more suited for finding 
specific services you can buy and specific sales weenies who will try and 
sell it to you. I know I've seen the GigE long-haul transport subject come 
up a couple time there...

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