Provider Reviews/Ratings and choosing service

[alvarius]

Does anyone know where I can find reviews of network providers? Even a forum discussing those merits? You would think this would be an easy task but I have found so many worthless sites.

Currently, I am at odds between going with current Bigtelco's MPLS point-to-point network and saving a huge bundle on a 2nd-tier provider offering a MPLS VPN over their private network. Can anyone foresee any disadvantages to networking 8-10 US offices and moving to that network?

Any thoughts on where to turn to for industry ratings would be much appreciated. You can mail me if such postings are not allowed here.

Thanks

 

[artesian2000]

It really depnds on how the network needs to talk. If your going to do true hub spoke yes the PT to PT would be a good choice. But if you need to mesh and multiple sites need to talk to each other take that into consideration. The reason I bring up that point is that you could tax the hub link some if you need to bounce of him to get to the other sites. You don't want to be in a situation that you saturate the hub's link. Is VoIP or Video a play on this network? With the MPLS you know you can prioritize based on traffic type as well as have built in any any connectivity. I've worked both side of the spectrum. It really boils down to how you conduct your business over the WAN to make an educated decision.

 

[plshlpme]

why would they use MPLS over a point-to-point ?