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Apologies if my information was incorrect. My latest info was that Bellsouth was not yet operational for peering, just for Layer 1 crossconnects. Is this so? - Daniel Golding > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Christian Kuhtz > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:48 PM > To: David S. Diaz > Cc: Mark Borchers; [email protected] > Subject: MIX status (Re: New NAP Opening in Miami this week) > > > > > Hey gang, > > perhaps I can add a little value to this conversation. Dave Diaz's is > indeed correct, and Dan Golding ought to check his sources. > > What's the status? > > In terms of core infrastructure, all 4 nodes are up and > operational. Yes, we are taking orders. > > Merit is installing RA software today, there was a delay with the > agreement between Merit and us. Last info I have is that the plan > is to have public peering available in about a week or > thereabouts. > > What else would you like to know? > > Where can you get more info? > > I'm told that [email protected] or 1.866.554.6554 is a good > place to go for further info (and check the website, too). Please > let me know if there's something glaringly missing. > > You can also contact me directly with any questions you may have > and I'll try to answer them or find somebody who can. > > I think there's still quite a bit of confusion about services offered thru > the MIX. And there's a on-going effort to try to compare the MIX to NOTA > as an apples to apples comparison. > > Well, it's really not that simple. Sorry. > > Go ahead, and blame us engineers for trying to come up with > something cool, > different, and innovative. ;-) > > Cheers, > Chris > > -- > Christian Kuhtz <[email protected]> -wk, <[email protected]> -hm > Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, > Atlanta, GA, U.S. > "I speak for myself only."" > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:53:50PM -0400, David S. Diaz wrote: > > > > My mistake, the RA is hot as or today at the Mix. I was just > > corrected off list. > > > > > > ----- > > Actually Bellsouth is hot. I have been to the sites. The fibre is > > and hot. Im sure there are things like the RA that may not be hot > > yet if that is what is being referred to. It's a good network with > > fibre from different carries on diverse routes. The interesting > > prospect I think is that since they have nodes in locations like W. > > Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale (not just miami) your local loop from > > these areas would be significantly cheaper than running to that other > > NAP in Miami. This may be attractive for carriers or backbones in > > that area. The Mix nodes are also located at locations like > > transoceanic fibre nodes. Since it's a layer 1 network also, geeez > > maybe it's good for cheap transport. > > > > I think the NOTA building that was built was built well. 32ft is not > > bad for florida at all. It seems like a fine colo with one concern, > > it's in an evacation area. Which means u need to have key people > > there before the storm restrictions kick in or they arent getting > > there. As we know, no one gets rich building a nap, this is model > > plans on making money from colo space which is also tough right now. > > The other model is a, hey we dont care where u are at, use us for > > peering and hmmm we can do wave service and local loops and whatever > > else you can come up with for a dwdm/optical switched core network. > > > > It is going to be interesting to see how both naps evolve and develop > > differentiating services. > > > > One negative with the mix-nap is that they used blue and orange > > colors, Univ of Florida, for their tshirts. What an insult :-) > > > > dave > > > > At 4:10 PM -0400 6/28/01, Daniel Golding wrote: > > >AFAIK, the Bellsouth MIX is a long way from operation. > > > > > >- Daniel Golding > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > >> Mark Borchers > >> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:45 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: RE: New NAP Opening in Miami this week > >> > >> > >> > >> Two, actually. Refer to http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0102/florida.html > >> <http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0102/florida.html> > >>� > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Larry Diffey [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:41 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: New NAP Opening in Miami this week > >> > >> > >> According to this story > >> <http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2779717,00.html> on > >> zdnet, there is a large NAP opening this week in Miami. This NAP will > >> primarily be used to pipe traffic to and from Latin and South America. > > > > > > The facility is a whopping 32 feet above sea level! > > > > > -- Christian Kuhtz <[email protected]> -wk, <[email protected]> -hm Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S. "I speak for myself only.""
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