Re: MAE-EAST Moving? from Tysons corner to reston VA.

mark@exodus.net (Mark Tripod) writes:

I'm not sure that I'd use AboveNet as the benchmark for the hosting industry.

I think I agree. Abovenet's ISX sites (while world class) are really just points of sale for the company's real product, which is connectivity. A fair number of Abovenet's customers purchase connectivity without also purchasing colocation -- and I can't think of any "hosting" company for which that would be true. (No "hosting" company of which I'm aware has its own global optical network.) -- Paul Vixie <vixie@mibh.net> SVP for Internet Services, MFNX M.I.B.H. Inc. is a subsidiary of Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc.