FierceTelecom just published a report on global Ethernet interconnection, so let's keep the conversation going: Network World has a piece about wide area network Ethernet services, a concept that might have seemed unthinkable at the beginning of this decade. ATM and other technologies had their chance, but Ethernet actually has become the best multi-tool in a network operator's toolbox, pretty ironic given how dead-set against Ethernet some of these companies were just 10 years ago.
For more:
- Network World has this story [1]
- Here's the FierceTelecom Global Ethernet Special Report [2]
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Verizon expanded its global VPLS offering this month
[3]Verizon gains MEF recognition for European Ethernet effort
[4]Global Crossing's Ethernet Portfolio Expands to Include Ethernet
[5]Telstra enhances global Ethernet suite with VPLS, EVPL services [6] [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2009/111609wan2.html
[2] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/special-reports/global-ethernet-making-interconnection
[3] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-takes-world-vpls/2009-11-03
[4] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/../../story/verizon-gains-mef-recognition-european-ethernet-effort/2009-10-05
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/global-crossings-ethernet-portfolio-expands-include-ethernet-wide-area-network-servic
[6] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/../../story/telstra-enhances-global-ethernet-suite-vpls-evpl-services/2009-08-25