[j-nsp] Vlan question MX

[Paul Stewart]

We have seen it frequently - some carriers we've dealt with will only hand
off this way as it's their "templated method of delivery".  When we are
actually providing the service we ask the customer which they prefer (as
sometimes they want to stack other services onto the same physical
connection).

Paul


On 2013-07-08 6:00 PM, "Tom Storey" <tom at snnap.net> wrote:

>The thing thats confusing me is, who on earth presents a service to a
>customer as a tagged service? Ive never come across such a thing.
>
>If you're plugged in to a router interface on the providers side, why is
>there a need to add VLAN tagging on top? Similarly, if you're plugged in
>to
>a switch, normally the switch port is just an access port, not a trunk.
>
>Someone help me out here... :-)