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Turner chooses Ethernet over MPLS for WAN

By Paul Desmond, Network World, 10/02/2008
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Turner Broadcasting decided that the learning curve of an Ethernet-based WAN was much simpler than going with an MPLS-based system. The only caveat, according to James Robertson, vice president technology infrastructure & broadcast transmissions for Turner, is that Ethernet in the WAN behaves a bit differently than it does in the WAN. (10:01)

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