> I would suggest that perhaps the CORE equipment should be located
> at the PAIX, which has excellent internet connectivity and top
> security. If this is desired, I could contact Paul Vixie on behalf of
> CORE. Perry
The Palo Alto Internet Exchange is run by Digital Equipment Corporation,
not Paul Vixie. Details at http://www.ix.digital.com
Richard Hovey
DIGITAL
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If you object to blatant self-promotion, stop reading here. What
follows is some data excerpted from the December 8, 1997, New York
Times:
"But telephone companies are also players in DIGITAL's exchange: four
currently supply a total of 14.9 gigabits a second of data capacity --
the equivalent of 193,500 simultaneous voice telephone calls. What is
more, DIGITAL's hub has enormous additional capacity: it can be expanded
to support the equivalent of 87 million simultaneous calls.
"The building, which was 100 percent occupied in July, just 10 months
after opening, now houses the equipment for 35 Internet service
providers, including @Home, WebTV Networks, Deutsche Telekom North
America, Hongkong Telecom, Internet Initiative Japan and UUNET
Technologies. It is also connected to the world's longest OC-3 fiber
network link to Asia, a beachhead for Japanese corporations that want to
conduct Internet business in the United States. (An OC-3 cable carries
155.5 million bits a second, the equivalent of about 2,016 simultaneous
phone calls.)
"A primary attraction of this kind of exchange point is that it permits
companies conducting sales over the Internet to put their Web servers at
the spot where Internet data flows most swiftly, making them easily
accessible to millions of customers. (Deutsche Telecom, the German
telecommunications giant, also chose this location for its Internet
services to experiment with aspects of electronic commerce precluded by
heavy regulation in Europe.)
"Just as important, the DIGITAL Exchange serves as a neutral meeting
ground for the world's largest fiber optic communications companies. "
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