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This is great. Nice work. I find that this is very common when a successful exchange is in the market. It's in the exchanges interest to be neutral and never do exclusivity agreements and to populate competing data centers if it makes sense. In this case, I believe the cross connect pricing might be in play and become "attractive" to some parties and have a positive effect on others. Still would like to also see emphasis on the VPLS/PVLAN service so we can all avoid a few xcon fees. Best, -M< On Dec 30, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Jake Lubitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings > > Just wanted to bump this discussion. > > I just had a conversation with a VP with DataBank, a data center service provider here in the Twin Cities metro, about MICE and the current state of the exchange. During that conversation, I had mentioned that the exchange is looking to grow into a secondary site and that the exchange was in the very preliminary stages of discussing a new site. > > As a result of this conversation, they expressed a lot of interest in donating space, power, and cross-connect services out of their brand new facility in Eagan for a secondary leaf site for MICE. They said they could also assist in locating some dark fiber between the two sites as well if the exchange decided to go with DataBank for their secondary site. > > This Eagan site has close proximity to the AccessEagan network as well as a number of providers that may be interested in participating in the exchange. > > Below is a link showing where this facility is located: > > https://www.google.com/maps/place/3255+Neil+Armstrong+Blvd,+Eagan,[log in to unmask],-93.1413613,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f62dae5be6f9d5:0x86bc90d89c3d37da > > I emphasized that the exchange is in the very early stages of discussion about a secondary site. I also mentioned that the exchange is hosting an user group here on January 14th. DataBank would be very interested in dialing into the conference bridge to talk about what they have to offer. > > If this is something that the exchange would like to pursue, please let me know and I can forward along the user group conference bridge information to the proper DataBank personnel. DataBank also mentioned that they would be able to provide a tour of the new facility during the early part of the third week of January if there’s any interest in checking out the new facility. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks in advance. > > Jake > >> Jake Lubitz | Network Engineer – Core IP & Access > Enventis | a Consolidated Communications Company, NASDAQ : CNSL > 7700 France Ave S., Suite 175N, Edina, MN 55435 > tel: 612-314-2204 | fax: 612-314-2304 |Email: [log in to unmask] > P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may contain confidential information and is intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete this message and notify the sender via email. > > > > > From: MICE Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf OfHannigan, Martin > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 5:18 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] Googling on IPv6 and HE to 20G > > > We'll disagree and leave it at that. > > Best, > > -M< > > > > On Dec 5, 2014, at 18:12, Reid Fishler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Money will ALWAYS be able to buy fiber. Heck, Jay can plow it for us if the $'s get high enough. My point just was that I don't think someone will give us fiber between sites, a system to support said fiber channels, and the rack/space/etc. I welcome someone if they want to do so...we are not married to one site, just looking at the honest facts. > > Reid > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Mike Horwath <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 04:39:07PM -0500, Reid Fishler wrote: > > Dark fiber in MSP isn't plentiful. I wish it was! > > I can't agree with this. > > I would change it to: Dark fiber in MSP isn't plentiful in an > affordable fashion. > > Cause that's the issue. When Zayo wants $5K to run from 2nd Ave S and > 4 St to 511 you know something is up and it ain't the fiber. > > (this is directly a quote from Zayo for a single pair even though AFS > was across the aisle and of the fibers there almost nothing > was lit on the panel that I could see) > > -- > Mike Horwath, reachable via [log in to unmask] > > > > > -- > Reid Fishler > Director > Hurricane Electric > +1-510-580-4178 > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 >