Airing a sensible global telecom policy prescription; MPLS QoS is tough going

Opinion
Aug 24, 20071 min

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Airing a sensible global telecom policy prescription, 08/22/07: An Ericsson official has a plan for global telecom policy that could appeal to big carriers as well as net neutrality backers.

MPLS QoS is tough going: Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris explains why carriers’ lack of a standard QoS model wreaks havoc on customers who have multiple MPLS providers.

Cogent: Cable was attacked with saw and gun, 08/23/07: Guns, saws, and some very dim-witted thieves were all apparently involved in a network blackout that affected Internet users, primarily in the Northeastern U.S., earlier this week.

ProCurve breathing down Cisco’s neck: An Infonetics report finds that Procurve is closing in on Cisco in the Ethernet switch market.

How the network team can show business value to the company, 08/23/07: There are no easy answers as to how to get senior managers to see the business value of networking. There are, however, some techniques that we can use to help managers recognize the business value of networking.