Re: Definitions, please....

[bmanning () ISI EDU (Bill Manning)]

> Hi, can somebody point me at or give me some sort of at least 
> semi-formal definition of the following terms:
>       NAP 
>       MAE-EAST
>       MAE-WEST
> Anything would help.  
> Thank you.
> Herb Kugel

        NAP - Network Access Point: Used bby the US-NSF to describe thier
                prefered exchange points.
        MAE-East - Metro Area Exchange: Used by Metropolitan Fiber Systems
                to name its exchange point in the Washington DC area.
        MAE-West - Metro Area Exchange: Use by MFS to name the common exchange
                in the SF Bay Area. Shared with NASA/AMES

        Check out http://info.ra.net/div7/ra/naps.html


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--bill