[j-nsp] ACX5448 & ACX710

[adamv0025 at netconsultings.com]

> Mark Tinka
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 7:01 AM
> 
> This is one of the reasons operators with enough in-house coding skill are
> seriously looking to build (or already building) their own routers with
DPDK
> on white boxes + friends, even if those solutions may be proprietary and
> used in targeted deployments, e.g., distributed low-scale edge, e.t.c.
> Vendors need to wake up and realize they can't be the only ones not
willing
> to feel the impact of an age where the kids don't want to pay for data.
> 
I think they are getting the message, nowadays you can run your custom
in-house built routing protocols in their SW or run their NOS on a custom
box, or skip the Control-Plane altogether while programming the FIBs
directly.

adam