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Good morning!

Ladies and gentlemen, as some of you are aware, at the last meeting of the
Chicago NAP participants I raised the possibility of an alternative public
"meet point" in Chicago -- one which is not a NAP, but rather, is run by a
disinterested party with proven ability in this area.

That firm is MFS.

We have obtained an agreement for them to sell MAE-style connection services
in lit buildings in the Chicagoland area under their standard pricing
paradigm used at MAE-East and MAE-West.
	
I have tentatively dubbed this "Mae-Chicago".

MCSNet has already indicated that it will be connecting to this meet point.

Connection speeds offered will be 10mbps anywhere on lit buildings in the
loop, 100mbps FDDI shared at the Prudential Center, and, if demand warrants, 
100Mbps Gigaswitched FDDI.  Pricing will start in the neighborhood of $2,500
monthly *delivered* at on-net buildings via 10mbps Ethernet.  

Note that unlike the NAP, this meet point will use the same technologies
used at the present MAEs, which include Ethernet and FDDI.

Also note that MEET POINTS DO NOT IMPLY TRANSIT CAPABILITY.  They *do* imply 
that peering may be established between participants for *direct customers* 
of the providers who show up at a given meet point, provided that both firms
who with to peer have something "interesting" to bring to the table.

A meeting has been scheduled for *any and all interested parties* next
Friday, 28 July, at approximately 1:00 PM to discuss policy at this "meet
point" and try to carve out some guidelines, as well as take orders for
those who are ready to commit at this time.

Please RSVP ASAP so we can plan the meeting room requirements and get an
agenda together.  

I have also established a mailing list, mae-chicago@mcs.net, which is a 
reflector for those parties who are interested.  If you received this email 
and *DO NOT* want to be on the list, please let me know and I will remove you.
Likewise, if you received this mail and *DO* want to continue to receive email 
on this topic, please advise, as once this is sent I will be clearing the
list pending ACKs from those who wish to receive further email on this
topic.

This will also be posted to chi.internet, which is the newsgroup in the
Chicagoland area for interested parties to read about Internet developments.

Thank you for listening, and may the best meet-point win!

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