Isn’t MPLS a commodity? Isn’t it all the same?
This is a question we receive frequently from customers and prospects, and we would like to clarify on this misconception. How MPLS is implemented can affect the performance of a network.
For one, choosing a multi-carrier MPLS service can overcome single provider limitations. For example, a fully redundant, multi-carrier backbone network provides rerouting and dynamic failover across the best network path – meaning that the network can withstand anything from small performance issues to major infrastructure outages. Another benefit of a multi-carrier MPLS service is the consistent CoS (class-of-service) across multiple MPLS providers.