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To: Michael Runge who wrote (222)	2/18/1999 9:09:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 626

>The MAE is still based on a FDDI architecture< Mike, It's interesting to note, I think, that the original designation for the first (MFS Communications) MAE stood for Metropolitan Area Ethernet. Since then they've upgraded to faster switching and routing platforms, and they subsequently dropped the "Ethernet" label in favor of "Exchange." Frank

To: Michael Runge who wrote (222)	2/19/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: George Gilder	Respond to of 626

Good points and corrections. Thanks.

To: Michael Runge who wrote (222)	5/6/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Michael Runge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 626

Follow up from old post about the MAE East... if you're interested, take a look here for pix of the MAE. grisha.iserver.net These are related to the fiber cut that happened today. -Mike There are two major Eastern National Access Points, one is Sprint's in Pennsauken, NJ, and the other is MAE (Metro Access Exchange?)East in Reston, Virginia. Virtual Private Networks will become increasingly important as encryption allows their creation across the public internet. The MAE-East is actually near Tyson's Corner on Gallows Road in Vienna, Virginia. But the NAPs aren't really that big of a deal anymore, it's the private peerings that are important... The MAE is still based on a FDDI architecture, whereas the manly private peerings are Packet Over Sonet (OC3/OC12). The MAE is like a backup in case there's a hiccup with the private peerings :) Mike