MAE-East
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mae-east-292-6261112
title:
MAE-East
text:
The MAE was the first Internet Exchange Point (IXP). It began in 1992 with four locations in Washington, D.C., quickly extended to Vienna, Reston, and Ashburn, Virginia; and then subsequently to New York and Miami. Its name stood for "Metropolitan Area Ethernet," and was subsequently backronymed to "Metropolitan Area Exchange, East" upon the establishment of MAE-West in 1994. The MAE predated the National Information Infrastructure plan, which called for the establishment of IXPs throughout the
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wiki
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description:
Internet exchange point serving the Eastern United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAE-East
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date modified:
2024-04-25T01:49:13Z
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