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MPLS Service Pricing: Here’s What You Need to Know

MPLS Service Pricing: Here’s What You Need to Know

by Steve Garson | Jul 28, 2019 | Carriers Offering MPLS, Get MPLS Price Quote, Quotation Thoughts, SD-WAN

Even with SD-WAN companies continue to purchase multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) circuits. Knowing the basics of MPLS service pricing is still essential to running a global WAN. MPLS Service Drivers Why MPLS? For some, it’s a matter of regulatory compliance; for...

Legal Tip: Avoid Auto-Renewal of Managed Service Contracts With This Language

by Steve Garson | Apr 16, 2019 | Carriers Offering MPLS, Managed Network Services (MNS), Quotation Thoughts, SD-WAN

Incorporate language into your carrier agreements to avoid automatic renewals at the end of your initial contract term. Sample language is here.

How to Negotiate Better Carrier Contracts for SD-WAN, MPLS, and Other Managed Network Services

How to Negotiate Better Carrier Contracts for SD-WAN, MPLS, and Other Managed Network Services

by Steve Garson | Mar 19, 2019 | Legal, Quotation Thoughts

Most people have limited experience in negotiating carrier contracts whether for traditional MPLS service or for SD-WAN services.  I have seen the best contract lawyers and attorneys from big-name law firms totally botch their review of a carrier contract since they...
How to calculate the Latency of a Wide Area Network or IEPL

How to calculate the Latency of a Wide Area Network or IEPL

by Steve Garson | Feb 16, 2016 | Network FAQs, Notes About Implementations, Quotation Thoughts

Latency, Transit Delay, MPLS, CE to CE, PE to PE

How to calculate the Latency of a Wide Area Network or IEPL

Reduce MPLS Costs With SD-WANs With Better Resiliency

by Steve Garson | Dec 1, 2015 | Disaster Recovery, International Networks, Quotation Thoughts, SD-WAN

Reduce MPLS costs? You may wonder…”did I read that correctly”?  You did.  You can have a enterprise class WAN without MPLS, though connectivity to China is another story!  New technologies are changing the way that many companies provision their wide...
WAN using IP VPN over Internet vs MPLS – Pros and Cons

WAN using IP VPN over Internet vs MPLS – Pros and Cons

by Steve Garson | Jul 1, 2015 | Get MPLS Price Quote, International Networks, Network FAQs, New MPLS Implementations, Notes About Implementations, Quotation Thoughts

There are many differences between Internet based IP VPNs and MPLS network. Depending on your network requirements

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