A new study of 25 top tier service providers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific provides further evidence that Ethernet continues to go mainstream and will eventually dominate the metro space, as SONET/SDH slowly but surely declines over the next 10 to 20 years, contends Infonetics Research (search Infonetics Research), conductor of the study.
Dubbed, “Service provider plans for metro optical and Ethernet,” the study reveals that the percentage of access or collector rings/mesh that are Ethernet will jump from 32% in 2005 or earlier to 60% in 2007 and beyond.
My only question is - “Why has this taken so long?” I knew 5-6 years ago that Ethernet provided a better access solution, better bandwidth, etc. Yet companies still though that paying 10X the price for a T1 or DS3 was the better way to go. Sure, voice networks were not ready for the switch, but why not pay less for more bandwidth on your data network if it’s available? Probably because Telecom providers scared their customers into thinking the reliability sucked and they were better off paying more for the traditional service - thus increasing the companies revenue and delaying (yet again) the introduction of better technology for consumers.
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