Re: New York City peering points, alternate to NYIIX??

[jim () reptiles org (Jim Mercer)]

> At 01:10 PM 4/21/99 -0400, Reid Fishler wrote:
> > At 12:58 PM 4/21/99 -0400, Jim Mercer wrote:
> > > i was looking at connecting to NYIIX, however, i find that Telehouse is
> > > sharging $400/month just to jack into their switch.
>
> > 2) $400 a month for a port where a decent amount of traffic is traded and
> > where the
> > switch is well maintained is not rediculous.
>
> really. $400/month is trivial compared to what Worldcom charges to connect
> to the FDDI ring in "MAE-NY" (111 8th Street), and there are only two peers
> on that ring, only one of which (ICI/Digex) is worth anything.

my expectations are not that of a MAE, nor FDDI.

i'm looking to share news, web cache, ftp/http archives, etc.

10baseT should be adequate.

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