Talk 2:  Converting NGIX/DC to gige
		• MAX has run the Fednet peer point for Abilene, vBNS, DREN, NISN, NREN, USGS for 4 years • Previously called NGIX/East coast, is meet-me point (NAP) for major Federal R&E nets. • Topology was full L2 mesh of p-t-p atm pvcs. No transit peerings, no common route pool.  Doesn’t scale to larger peer points, but kept life simple. • Then atm began to go out of style, and customer nets began push for frame-based (gige) peering