Hawaii and Guam would both make sensible exchange points. For the west side of the Pacific Rim, though, Guam is looking pretty good from a U.S territory perspective.
From an infrastructure perspective, though, Japan looks hard to beat. The pipes to Singapore/Jakarta/Australia, Guam/Hawaii/L.A.-ish, and somewhere in Oregon (?) all meet there. Ignoring regulations, tariff issues, etc., of course.
Stephen
My copy of said map does -not- cover planned new fiber runs. Singapore and Japan are both well positioned as is HongKong for some of the new stuff I've heard coming from the C&W coop and a planned ATT/KDD/PRC-MPT venture. Oh... btw, the "wnog" would really be the IEPG. iepg@iepg.org Or, since this has a distinctly PacRim flavor, APOPS. -- --bill