Multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP) technology has evolved such that it now can be integrated into a blade or a chip, leaving one to wonder about the fate of the traditional, standalone device. Moreover, today's MSPPs include a host of functions, including next-generation SONET/SDH, carrier-class Ethernet, WDM, and reconfigurable optical add/ drop multiplexing (ROADM), prompting some to ponder whether the MSPP is becoming perilously similar to the prebubble class of devices rather derisively known as "The God Box."
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