Ahhhhhh! Dale Gardner wrote: >on 7/24/03 11:55 AM, Chris Scott at crscott at newsguy.com wrote: > >> What's your reference to 'MAE East and West or equivalent nodes"? >> Are those technical terms or a joke (Mae West) that I'm not getting? >> >>From whatis.com: > >A MAE (pronounced MAY ), originally an abbreviation for Metropolitan Area >Exchange and now a service mark of MCI WorldCom, is a major center in the >United States for interconnecting traffic between Internet service providers >( ISP s). There are three major MAEs in the United States: MAE-East in the >Washington, D.C. area; MAE-West in the San Jose, California area; and >MAE-Central in Dallas, Texas. These three points along with several >interconnection points previously identified by the National Science >Foundation as network access points ( NAP s) form what is sometimes >considered the national commercial Internet backbone . > > >---------- >Check out the Titanium email list FAQ >http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/Titanium.html > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <Titanium-off at lists.themacintoshguy.com> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to ><Titanium-digest at lists.themacintoshguy.com> >Need help from a real person? Try. ><Titanium-request at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > >---------- >$14.99 Unlimited Nationwide Mac Dialup and Mac Web Hosting from your Mac ISP >Serious Mac Internet Solutions From NineWire! http://macinternetaccess.com > >RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler >CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml -- ___________________________________ Chris Scott Connolly & Castagna, L.L.P. 4611 Bee Cave Road, Suite 201 Austin, Texas Phone: Direct: 512.329.1006 Main: 512.329.3290 Fax: 512.329.3222 Email: cscott at cc-austin.com crscott at newsguy.com