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Re: Deployments of Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB)


From: Tarko Tikan <tarko () lanparty ee>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:41:08 +0300

hey,

I've had two private replies, both of which suggest that
PBB has little to no share in the overall pie of the aggregation technology space,
nor in the overall pie of the core technology space.

However, a third correspondent states that Bard (Google's "Chat-based AI tool") claims that PBB is deployed by AT&T, Verizon, China Mobile, Deutsche Telecom and Comcast.
This correspondent warns that Bard "could be hallucinating" :)

AFAIK this reflects the reality very well. There are huge PBB deployments in very large networks but the overall number of networks, using PBB, is very low. Even in those networks PBB is/will be phased out so don't expect any new deployments. It is still well supported by the vendors who initially invested into PBB.

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tarko


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