It's not a rumour. PAIX is interconnecting with NYIIX as soon as the fiber engineering people say that the photons will travel end to end.
Listen, I am not trying to be antagonistic, but: Why does this take so long? PAIX-NY is a MFN facility, so, presumably, there is MFN fiber there and ready to go. 25 Broadway is a MFN building, and has been for some time (as in, many people have MFN fiber there). I can't comprehend how this can take so long.
I had the same thought. However, it turns out to light a path there's all kinds of climbing down into manholes that has to happen. I'm no fiber expert, but the parent company (MFN) does employ such experts, so let's remain calm. -- Paul Vixie <vixie@eng.paix.net> President, PAIX.Net Inc. (NASD:MFNXE)