MAE-East
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MAE-East is an Internet Exchange Point spread across the east coast of the United States, with locations in Vienna, Virginia; Reston, Virginia; Ashburn, Virginia; New York, New York; and Miami, Florida. It is the eastern branch of the MCI Internet Exchange. Its name officially stands for "Metropolitan Area Exchange, East".
MAE-East provides many connection options to members. Frame relay encapsulation is offered at OC-3, OC-12, and OC-48 speeds using Packet over SONET. Gigabit ethernet connections are offered on 1000SX or 1000LX optics. Finally, ATM connections at DS-3, OC-3, and OC-12 speeds are offered.
[edit] Members
The following providers are members of this exchange:
- AT&T
- Beyond the Network
- British Telecom
- Broadwing (Level 3 Communications)
- Cogent Communications
- Demon Internet
- Electric Lightwave Inc.
- Energy Sciences Network
- Epoch Networks
- Equant (France Télécom)
- PAETEC
- HiNet/Solutions Taiwan/Chunghwa Telecom
- Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
- NISN/NASA
- NTL
- NTT America/Verio
- OARnet
- UUNet (Verizon Business)
- WebEx (Cisco)
[edit] See also
- MAE-West
- Internet Exchange Point (IXP)
- Federal Internet Exchange (FIX)
- Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX)
- Network Access Point (NAP)
