State of the Internet:NAPs:The MAEs operated by MFS
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MAE-EAST
86 connections (up from 70 at the last NANOG)
500 Mbps (up from 340 Mbps in May)
Two Gigaswitches
New Colocation Facility at 8100 Boone (under construction) -- There will be
a Gigaswitch there that will be connected to the others.
MAE-WEST
71 connections -- 440 Mbps -- Dual OC3c with a third coming. Each one can
only be driven to 100Mbs.
Challenges
- Port Congestion -- Some providers can fill up their 100Mbs connection.
- Interconnect Capacity
- Head-of-Line Blocking -- When sending to a provider that is full, the
sender will also see lost packets to all connections.
What's Next
- Limiting the size of the shared FDDI (probably something like 4 per
ring)
- Full-duplex FDDI support (OC-3c connectivity will probably be needed
which currently requires a special quote)
- Evolution (faster interfaces, next generation switch)