31 Jul
2002
31 Jul
'02
1:03 a.m.
> How did people interconnect before may 1998, fddi? The MAE, later MAE-East, began as FOIRL, which was 10mbps Ethernet over fiber. Later it was upgraded to a shared FDDI ring with Ethernet attached segments; later still, a mix of switched FDDI and switched 100Base-T and GigE. The FDDI portion was turned off last summer, about a year ago now, and what remains is a mix of GigE, OC-48 links, and a little bit of remaining 100Base-T. But mostly, it's fallen into disuse relative to Equinix Ashburn and PAIX-VA. -Bill