[14916] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE-Central
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Brooks)
Tue Feb 3 14:42:28 1998
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 23:41:40 -0600
From: Ryan Brooks <ryan@inc.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Kent W. England wrote:
> At 09:28 AM 2/2/98 , Phil Howard wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.nwfusion.com/news/0128mae.html
> >
> >How about your password to access this? Or were you quoting the entire
> >article? Where will this MAE-Central be located?
> >
>
> Sorry, but I can't find a Worldcom press release anywhere. I don't feel
> right cutting and pasting the entire article, but the location is slated to
> be Dallas.
>
> (BTW, isn't it scandalous that MFS would copy the PacBell NAP and build a
> MAE using S'com BPX switches? I went back and checked the nanog archives
> and compiled a list of all the ISPs that swore they would never connect to
> an ATM NAP. How many are planning to disconnect from the MAEs when the ATM
> switches come up?)
>
> --Kent
And my question is: How many ISPs are currently getting crappy service from
LAN media based MAEs?
Ryan Brooks
ryan@inc.net
