The MPLS WG Archive

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> If one's business were primarily VPN service, one would be a lot more likely
> to say  "I'm not going  to bring full  routes to the  edge just for  the few
> customers which  want them; those  customers are already running  EBGP, they
> can just run it multi-hop". 
> 
> I'm sure someone will respond that there are no SPs who are primarily in the
> VPN business and only secondarily in the Internet access business ;-)

you're probably right.  the vpn-only provider will have to pay for the layer
1/2 circuits and compete in price with those who sell both vpns and ip.  so
they'll soon sell anything they can to try and survive.

randy