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> > Second: allowing such a customer, or an NSP, to attach web services > > directly to the FDDI ring at the NAP. > > [...] > > PAIX is doing this. As far as I know the other major interchange provider > > are not. I am wondering why. > > Digital's new XP is doing this. http://www.ix.digital.com/ for more info. > Other XP's do it too if it makes business sense. The market will figure > out whether it makes sense or not. Digital's new XP is not doing this. Quoting the above WWW page: |Digital is not in the business of selling Internet Service. |... |Locating a corporate server at the Digital Internet Exchange insures the |fastest access to global Internet routes. We're a switching center and a |data center designed for collocation of business computers, a facility that |is secure, powered, cooled, fire protected and earthquake resistant with |7x24 access, and remote hands service. Then, later on in http://www.ix.digital.com/guide.html, we see: |Collocation Services |... |All servers must be direct customers of a Service Provider located at the |Digital Internet Exchange. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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