Hey Randy, Yes there is more than one NAP going on so it's a similar situation to San Fran. We have both NAPs on net and we like to say while colos are carrier neutral we are colo neutral. Meaning you could be in Teleplace, Switch and Data or other facilities and ride our fibre into both NAPs as well as all the major backbones. I personally believe there will be a good deal of backbones connecting to both NAPs as they have different advantages. I can speak with you off list if you want to discuss the pros and cons. Im in Miami so I might have a more involved perspective. Dave At 12:04 PM -0500 12/21/00, Scott Patterson wrote:
We have been involved in both potential NAPs from the beginning, but seems the one with most involvement is NOTA (Nap of the Americas). Which is the only one we are pursuing now. Check out the website (http://www.napoftheamericas.com/) for all of the details and member listings thus far. They are turning up an interim facility in the next month or so, with the permanent facility to open sometime next summer. Very carrier neutral, which is one thing I believe to be very different of the other facility, which BellSouth is trying to initiate. Let me know if you have specific questions that the website does not answer.
Scott Patterson NetRail
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Randy Bush Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:49 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: florida ix(en) facing south
i get rumors of one or more exchange points being built in south florida where there may be good participation by latin and caribbean networks. any good gossip, pointers, ...? any choices which are not carrier jails?
randy
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