On 29/Nov/16 12:55, Alexander Harrowell wrote:
> This is a really interesting thread; my telco clients are mad keen on > various solutions of this general form. As a rule they would love to > consolidate their various SME and enterprise CPEs down to a single x86 box > that gets configured with VNFs from a central VIM or container pool. But > they'd also love to sell you all your networking out of that box - and one > of the big questions I have is just how many companies would accept "LAN as > a Service". It may be even more difficult for SMEs as the cost of going > back on the deal is higher the less in-house capability you have. I'd say it's reasonably common. We have a number of 3rd party companies running the LAN's of our enterprise customers, here in Africa. Mark.