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Steve Feldman writes: > This leads to the obvious (for me, anyway) question of NAP > placement. > > It seems to me that multiple providers on Mars wouldn't want to > backhaul traffic all the way to Earth just to talk across the > canal... > > MAE-Mars? > Of course, this raises another interesting issue; namely, that of exchange point nomenclature. As inter-planetary networks evolve, the term 'MAE' will become antiquated. I would suggest we use the term Galactic-Area Exchange, but I fear a vehement response from Jerry Falwell... ;-) Of course, if MFS runs them, the concept of a Planetary-Area Exchange is not without merit. --Jeff
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