Does anyone here use this??
As Telewest are really dragging their heels with this MPLS setup (as are BT), my MD is kicking up a stink and wants to scrap the MPLS idea all together. One idea he has had is microwave networking, I assume that its point to point and directional so to centralise the network I would need to install 3 antennas at HQ and 1 at each site. The furthest site is about 6 miles away an the others are about 1 mile away, none are in direct line of site. The network we be used for Terminal Services for each of the sites.
I don't really want to use this as I can see in the future a new site being setup out of its range and the company being back at square one but the MD was told about it by Google, now he thinks its the best thing in the world and that what he wants to use if possible. The more I say "its not a good idea" the more he wants to do it.
I don't like the thought of our data running over a wireless network and I know that its probably going to be very temperamental (possible problems with wind and other weather conditions). Connecting 2 sites together using point to point is not a bad idea but connecting 4 together is probably a bad choice. MPLS is controlled by telewest and so a lot of responsibility and workload is taken away from myself (me being the only member of IT staff) I would think point to point networking of this nature may need more than just a single member of staff to keep it running 24/7 365.
If anyone has any practical experience I would love to hear about it.


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