Comments on: SMF upgrades http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/2009/04/10/smf-upgrades/ Purging my mental dust bunnies Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: scott http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/2009/04/10/smf-upgrades/comment-page-1/#comment-8261 scott Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:55:47 +0000 http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/?p=396#comment-8261 That was AT&T but it wasn't the fault of the provider other than they had decided to go with managed routers.  Being a network guy I really dislike managed routers.  It takes all the control away.  I spent a fair bit of time asking techs if they were "allowed" to make certain modifications.  And then without the ability to review the config changes it took a while to discover that they had fat-fingered things. OTOH, I've had some good experiences with AT&T MPLS on non-managed routers. I've also been working with Vz lately on their MPLS network and they seem to be doing an ok job of it. That was AT&T but it wasn’t the fault of the provider other than they had decided to go with managed routers.  Being a network guy I really dislike managed routers.  It takes all the control away.  I spent a fair bit of time asking techs if they were “allowed” to make certain modifications.  And then without the ability to review the config changes it took a while to discover that they had fat-fingered things.

OTOH, I’ve had some good experiences with AT&T MPLS on non-managed routers.

I’ve also been working with Vz lately on their MPLS network and they seem to be doing an ok job of it.

]]> By: Eric Rosenberry http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/2009/04/10/smf-upgrades/comment-page-1/#comment-8254 Eric Rosenberry Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:10:41 +0000 http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/?p=396#comment-8254 Out of curiosity, which MPLS provider were you using?  About a year and a half ago I transitioned a former employer to Sprint MPLS and it was a nightmare...  More recently I have deployed a three site MPLS connection from TWTelecom and it was an easy deal. -Eric Out of curiosity, which MPLS provider were you using?  About a year and a half ago I transitioned a former employer to Sprint MPLS and it was a nightmare…  More recently I have deployed a three site MPLS connection from TWTelecom and it was an easy deal.

-Eric

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