Re: [nznog] What characterises an NGN?

At 1:30 PM +1300 29/11/04, Matthew Poole wrote:

What surprised me was the non-encapsulation of routing protocols. Have they not heard of MPLS? It does rather defeat the purpose of HA networks

I imagine they have, and that is exactly what is driving those restrictions. If you buy services off us, on our converged network, which is MPLS based, we provide only certain routing protocols, and encourage you to think about why you want them anyway. (If it's for HA and you want diverse carriers, then we encourage the use of BGP.) -- Michael Newbery IP Architect TelstraClear Limited