There are two switches (Stratacom BPXes) in the Bay Area. One is in Palo Alto and Oakland. Another switch will be installed in San Francisco and probably in San Jose.
Independently, there is also a switch in Los Angeles.
Due to the various problems with the original installation, an FDDI network was also installed. Many of the original customers are still on the FDDI, but transition is underway.
There are two SONET rings operational.
Customers connect to PAC*BELL NAP via wide-area ATM. There is no colocation.
The LA NAP and the SF NAP are not connected. Once the regulatory framework premits it, the two NAPs will be connected. This is expected in early 1997.
There are 22 current participants. 10 others are pending.
Current transmit and receive information is being collected at 5 minute intervals.
For more information: http://www.pacbell.com/Products/NAP/Stat
NLANR is also getting the raw data.
In the next release of software, Stratacom will provide more information that will make it possible to monitor on a per VC basis. Such information will not be available without customer permission. However, there is some work going on to create stats on aggregate information.
Warren has information since February 8th. The trend is gently increasing, but the curve itself is not smooth.
FDDI traffic started at 30 Mb/sec and is now about 18Mb/sec. Warren thinks that traffic will continue to drop.
More people are making more use of their NAP connection, which is why the trend continues upward. If the current trend continues, the growth will be over 500% by the beginning of next year.
Fortunately, the NAP has been very stable with no unscheduled outages. The ATM has been very stable. There have been some customer router problems, but the infrastructure itself has been very stable.