[1400] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Interconnects at NANOG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Craig)
Thu Jan 4 20:58:56 1996
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 20:56:28 -0400
To: "William Allen Simpson" <bsimpson@morningstar.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: rcraig@cisco.com (Robert Craig)
At 20:08 96/1/4, William Allen Simpson wrote:
>> From: "Jonathan Heiliger" <loco@mfsdatanet.com>
>> Perhaps term IXP, IntereXchange Point could be used. Too many acronyms has
>> long been a trend in technology. :-)
>>
>I have always liked Deering's MIX (Metropolitan Internet eXchange),
>since the acronym also described the activity (MIXing).
>
>Perhaps have the region/location: LA-MIX, Chicago-MIX, et alia.
>
>NB: NAP has always struck me as overly generic ("access point"), and a
>description of sedentary inactivity.
>
>Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu
> Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2
Funny, I've always thought of diapers.
Robert.
