On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Jeremy Porter wrote:
I almost would venture a guess that the whole value in public interconnects is largely dead, due to the restrictive peering polices in place by the larger networks, and the lack of interest/clue in smaller providers.
I hope not, I have got a lot of people asking about Atlanta-NAP. I think MFSs problem is they way they start them. I mean yes it may take selling the first few people a gigaswitch port for next to nothing, but it will grow after that. MFS has taken the cheap way out to start most of the other MAEs. I think they needed to start with Gigaswitch, UPS system, generator, and a little better priceing. If they did that then I think other would come. The hard part (and it is very very hard) is to get the first few people to come, after that it is all down hill. Just look at how fast MAE-East and MAE-West have grown, and that is with hardly any colo space at all. Nathan Stratton President, NetRail,Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phone (888)NetRail NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Arlington, VA 22201 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34