Why MPLS is not necessary for 99% of Australian businesses?
One of Exetel’s directors, Steve Waddington, deployed the first MPLS network in Australia in 2002 for a carrier where he was then the CTO. He developed a deep understanding for what was, at the time, the world leading technology he deployed and managed. He has offered some of his practical knowledge as it relates to small and medium businesses in Australia in his blog, which you can read here: http://steve.blogs.exetel.com.au/index.php?serendipity[action]=search&serendipity[searchTerm]=mpls The fact is, in almost every case where MPLS is offered, it is a con by the service provider to ‘upsell’ you something that you neither need or want, nor indeed is even really MPLS in the true sense anyway, and almost certainly don’t understand. If you have a very large national or international network, with hundreds of sites and an annual IT budget in the millions of dollars, like WalMart, Ford or NASA, then MPLS could well be for you. If not, then the bottom line is, if you, the customer want tru
