<div dir="ltr">Pardon my ignorance here and I'm not trying to hijack the thread but what is the benefit of a "<span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">true L1 service" over "<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">an MPLS variant"?</span></span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Jason, what metrics do you consider when evaluating these services?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I'm interested in getting the 0's and 1's from point to point around the country and I've been basing my purchasing decisions on the offered (upstream carrier) SLAs rather than the transmission technology.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dave</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 June 2018 at 21:21, JASON BOTHE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbothe@me.com" target="_blank">jbothe@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Greetings<br>
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I am evaluating wave services between Syd and Melb, and Telstra is proposing ELINE P2P which they state is a true L1 service and not an MPLS variant. Does anyone have experience with this product and can evaluate?<br>
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Cheers!<br>
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Jason<br>
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