[j-nsp] Segment Routing Real World Deployment (was: VPC mc-lag)

[Mark Tinka]

On 10/Jul/18 21:43, adamv0025 at netconsultings.com wrote:

> So is the market still blooming the same way or has it saturated over time
> please?

Connectivity (you know, the "dumb-pipe" talk) is very big business in
Africa right now; and growing massively YoY.

In the more matured markets like South Africa, we are moving away from
classic l3vpn's to basic Internet Access, IP Transit and p2p/p2mp
Ethernet. The market is embracing cloud, so VPN's are no longer all the
rage. Ethernet circuits are mainly to drive connectivity between
branches, and not to "guarantee" QoS to internal resources - those are
now "cloudified" services.

Some ISP's are still trying to hold on to l3vpn's, and using SD-WAN as a
crutch to maintain that revenue. But this won't last long, since the
major cloud providers are deploying presence in the region.

The future is very bright.

Mark.