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In message <[email protected]>, "Kent W. England" writes: >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 Its particuarlly bad that MFS starts this when they already have a MAE-Dallas based on their standard cisco platforms. The local ISPs put together an alternative interconnect to reduce costs and MFS comes out with this shit. I know one company that isn't going to be doing any new business with MFS/Worldcom. --- Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc. [email protected] PO BOX 80315 Austin, Tx 78708 | 1-800-968-8750 | 512-458-9810 http://www.fc.net
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