I have been working with TNZ on there NG network for over 3 years now and
we still can't get a formal commitment from them to allow us to use OSPF
or BGP as the standard routing protocol. We require OSPF or BGP to allow
for redundancy within our Wide Area Network. The other issue we have with
the TNZ NG network is the way TNZ is trying to implement the network and
take full control of it. In the past APN has always managed there own
networks (internal and WAN), moving forward TNZ propose they fully manage
the WAN for APN. This will bring a hole raft of issue to us, as we run
redundant links to most of our sites (one link by TNZ the other by TCL). I
can see if we allow TNZ to fully manage the WAN for us we will get back to
a huge finger pointing between TNZ and TCL over issues.
Drew Collins
Group Communications Manager
Group IT Services
APN Holdings NZ Ltd
DDI: +64 9 373 9573
Mobile +64 21 823268
Fax: +64 9 373 6411
Ph: +64 9 379 5050
eMail: drew.collins(a)apn.co.nz
Website: www.apn.co.nz
Juha Saarinen
29/11/2004 12:42 p.m.
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NZ NOG
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[SPAM] [nznog] What characterises an NGN?
Wrote a bit about Telecom's NGN variant here:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/C740B2DD592E9EDDCC256F58000FBD33
I'm curious as to what the NOG thinks of this approach. If I look at:
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/next_gen/
an NGN is defined as:
"The next-generation network seamlessly blends the public switched
telephone network (PSTN) and the public switched data network (PSDN),
creating a single multiservice network. Rather than large, centralized,
proprietary switch infrastructures, this next-generation architecture
pushes central-office (CO) functionality to the edge of the network. The
result is a distributed network infrastructure that leverages new, open
technologies to reduce the cost of market entry dramatically, increase
flexibility, and accommodate both circuit-switched voice and
packet-switched data."
Is it fair to assume that pushing CO functionality to the network edge
requires an end-to-end managed solution?
--
Juha
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