There seem to be a lot of packets deciding that today is a good day to die and rushing towards exchange points in order to throw themselves off of the nearest gigaswitch. Has Worldcom upgraded the MAE's again, or is this the much- touted explosion of "e-commerce" for the Christmas season? We've gotten nothing useful out of Worldcom today; anybody else had any better luck? ********************************************************* J.D. Falk voice: +1-650-482-2840 Supervisor, Network Operations fax: +1-650-482-2844 PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net "The People You Know. The People You Trust." *********************************************************