cnielsen@nielsen.net (Christian Nielsen) writes:

if and when paix links to mae-west-ames, you can get a link to the FDDI exchange. there is always PBNap and MAE-WEST-ATM (tho I dont know the costs)

Won't work that way. PAIX is locating a switch in Ames whenever the contracts and fiber are complete. Ames will likewise locate a switch at PAIX. But it will be two switching fabrics that are each extended to the other's colo area, not one bridged switching fabric like MAE-W/Ames used to be. Anyone who wants to be on both fabrics will be able to do that by buying a port on each, which will be possible in either the PAIX-PAO1, PAIX-SFO1, or Ames colo facilities. -- Paul Vixie <vixie@eng.paix.net> President, PAIX.Net Inc. (MFNX.O)