telx-final-VPF-magazine-Ad.pdf 7/6/06 11:06:07 AM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K The “Meet Me” Series Fat Pipe Magazine, February 2003 - November 2005 Table of Contents The Meet Me Series 2003 Meet Me in New York……………………………………..………………….………......................February 2003 Meet Me in L.A…………………………………….……………………………………………..…...March 2003 Meet Me in Atlanta…………………............…………......................……………………………...…...April 2003 Meet Me in Toronto…………..…………………………………………………………………….…...May 2003 Meet Me in Seattle……………………….……………………………………………………....…......June 2003 Meet Me in San Francisco…………………….…………………………………….…………....…...….July 2003 Meet Me in Chicago……………….……………………………………………….……………........August 2003 Meet Me in Dallas…………………………….………………………………………………..…September 2003 Meet Me in Philly………………….…………………………………………………….……..……October 2003 Meet Me in Miami………………………….……………………………………………….….....November 2003 The Meet Me Series 2004 Meet Me in Boston……………….…………………………………………………………….…....January 2004 Meet Me in San Antonio………………….……………………………………….…………...........February 2004 Meet Me in Phoenix………………………………………………………………….…….…….........March 2004 Meet Me in Vegas………………………………………………………….……………….…….....….April 2004 Meet Me in Denver…………………………………………………………….………………………..May 2004 Meet Me in Santa Clara…………………………………………….……………………….…………..June 2004 Meet Me in St. Louis…………………………………….………………………………….….………...July 2004 Meet Me in Cleveland……………………….……………….………………………….…………....August 2004 Meet Me in Vancouver……………………………….………………………….………….…….September 2004 Meet Me in Charlotte…………………………………….…………………….………………........October 2004 Meet me in Indianapolis “Indy”…………………………….………………………………...…...November 2004 The Evolution of the Meet Me Series 2005 The Big Apps Evolution of the “Meet Me” series……………………………….………………...………….…February 2005 L.A.’s Big Picture The “Meet Me” series returns to One Wilshire Blvd…….…………………………….……………..March 2005 Gate City of the South The “Meet Me” series returns to 56 Marietta……….……………………………..…..……………...April 2005 Cold Puck, Hot Packets The Meet Me” series returns to 151 Front St. West…………….…………………….………………..May 2005 The Crown Jewel of Emerald City The “Meet Me” series returns to the Westin Building in Seattle……….…………….….……………..June 2005 Connections in The Gateway City The “Meet Me” series returns to St. Louis………………….………………...………….…………….July 2005 Golden Gateway The “Meet Me” series returns to San Francisco……….……………………...…….….…………....August 2005 My Kind of Connections The “Meet Me” series blows into the Windy City……………………………………………....September 2005 Tex Mex The “Meet Me” series rides into 2323 Bryan St……….……………………………………….….October 2005 Miami’s Double Whammy The “Meet Me” series ends its tour in South Florida……………………………..……………..November 2005 Extreme BY HUNTER NEWBY Measures Meet Me in New York Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles in which Within each building, we’ll try to focus on the single carrier- Hunter Newby, TELx executive vice president, will discuss carrier inter- neutral site that today offers the greatest number of touch points connection options available in 10 major North American cities. The to other networks. Again, keep in mind that there may be several ongoing series will include key information on infrastructure, power carrier-neutral meet me rooms within any single hotel and that and HVAC information in the carrier hotel and primarily will focus on some carriers also will have their own points of presence within the largest carrier-neutral “meet me” facility in each building. the hotel. We believe that Mr. Newby knows the subject as well as anyone, Of course, your business requirements may dictate interconnec- even the Dagda. So when he was gracious enough to take this tion on some other basis than sheer access to the greatest number assignment, we suggested that he start with the renown 60 Hudson of other partners with which to hand off traffic. Street in New York, also known as his own backyard. Indeed, TELx operates the carrier-neutral interconnect facility with the greatest 60 Hudson number of “touch points” (to other networks) at 60 Hudson. So we “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” Frank asked him to begin his effort there. Sinatra used to croon, but in the carrier interconnection business, This series also will cover Los Angeles, Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, the lyrics might be: “If you can make it here, you can get just about Toronto, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas. Readers will select the anywhere.” And in New York, you’re talking 60 Hudson Street. last city profiled. Send your suggestions to [email protected]. TELx Interconnection Guidelines Can customers order cross connects to any Yes The place where most of the world’s “fat pipes” meet to inter- other meet area customer? connect with each other these days is inside the buildings known Is the average turnaround time for cross con- Yes as “carrier hotels.” These facilities easily represent the single great- nects 48 hours or less? est collection of network elements and backbone network access Is on-site technical support available 24/7/ Yes points, representing most, if not all, major carriers in any city. 365? In our new world, the “network of networks” needs the equiva- Can customers access the site 24/7/365? Yes lent of the old bilateral “mid-span meet.” This is where the big- Can the technicians test and turn up circuits? Yes gest pipes come and go and where the largest revenue-generating circuits are provisioned. Given the razor-thin nature of backbone Does the meet area operator perform the cross Yes network profits these days, service availability, delivery options and connect? costs within the carrier hotel often can make or break a capacity Can the customer perform the cross connect? No deal’s margin and profitability. Are all cross connects tagged and inventoried? Yes For most service providers, most of the time, the best place Is there a shared fiber panel (MDF, CFDP)? No to get connected at a carrier hotel is within the building’s meet Can the customer bring and install its own fiber Yes me room, if such a facility exists. In some instances, the building distribution panels? might not have a formal meet me room. In other cases, the meet Is there a shared COAX or copper panel? No me room might not feature the widest number of interconnected Can the customer bring and install its own carriers within the building. COAX or copper panel? Yes Also, keep in mind that typically there is more than one choice for co-location within a carrier hotel, and sometimes any single Are there monthly recurring charges to cross carrier’s space and power considerations may dictate the choice connect in the meet area? No of a point of presence, outweighing co-location in the most densely For carriers not in the meet area, the interconnect options include: in- cross-connected facility within the building. building, intra city local loops and in-building, intra city dark fiber, shared A typical carrier hotel also will feature numerous carrier-owned conduit and inner duct. Customers can hire labor for conduit construction co-location facilities that provide interconnections but usually only directly. to the carrier that owns that particular point of presence. The costs and availability are determined based upon the order. TELx We’ll start with the largest carrier hotels within each city. The facilitates interconnections and access, but is not a carrier or agent. All definition of “large,” for the purposes of this series, is not size of loops, fiber and certain shared routes must be contracted directly by the the building but rather the potential number of interconnect options customer. that are available within the building. 34 February 2003 FATPIPE Customers 23rd Floor Customers 9th Floor for interconnections for several years. The TELx model for interconnections uses a sub-set of the larger Access Plus Int’l Ltd. Athena News floor space as the meet area where the carrier tenants on the floor AccessLine Comms. Band-X extend their demarcation points toward. Amtel Corporation Bell Nexxia The cables and panels that are run to this area are owned by the Cambrian Comms. Cogent carriers, so they are literally an extension of their own networks. The Comtek Con Edison Comm. billing model is that the tenants pay for the cage, cabinet or rack Dominion Telecom Data Peer space on the floor, as well as the homerun cables by cable count Easy Net Deutsche Telekom and panel presence by rack unit on a monthly basis. Once the carrier customer has extended their presence to the Emergia Dynegy Connect meet area, they can order cross connects to any other customer in Eureka GGN Dynegy Europe that meet area for no additional monthly charge. TELx performs all FiberNet Eircom of the actual cross connections and keeps an inventory of every FoneCorp International FiberNet single port installed, in use and available across every carrier panel Globix Gigex in the meet area. IBN Global Crossing That includes POTS, DS-1, E-1, DS-3, Ethernet and fiber, as well Invision Instanet as network elements such as multiplexers and Ethernet switches. iNYC i flex Solutions This inventory provides valuable information regarding each carrier’s network capability and availability. That information is used to set Megh Communications ITXC expectations as to when and if a circuit can be delivered. Nac.net Key Span Comms. Several carriers already have points of presence within the build- Nexphase Comms. Last Mile Connections ing, or in other buildings, so they would not need to relocate that Outsourced Switching Inc.