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Re: PRIX - Puerto RIco Internet Exchange

  • From: Robert E.Seastrom
  • Date: Tue Sep 27 16:59:34 2005

Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> writes:

> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Randy Bush wrote:
>
>>> Would it be improper to suggest that you pick a different acronym?  :-)
>>
>> yes it would be.
>>
>> everything in language A has a strange connotation in some other
>> language B.  e.g., my name is great fun in brit-english speaking
>> land.
>
> There is already an IX called DIX (Denmark) so PRIX should work as well :)

A few years ago there was also a small-scale (couple of hundred megs
of traffic, mostly netnews) exchange point known as the Avi and RS
Exchange.  The acronym is left as an exercise to the reader.

                                        ---Rob