PAIX.Net Opens Second Bay Area Facility

June 11, 2001 -- PAIX.Net, Inc., a subsidiary of Metromedia Fiber Network, said today that it will open a second Bay Area facility next month, linking both centers so customers can easily exchange traffic.
The new San Francisco facility is located at at 365 Main Street, Suite 100 in the South of Market area, and offers accessibility to metro area fiber infrastructure providers, Class A facility specifications, and ample space to handle the high demand for Internet connectivity and Internet traffic exchange in the Bay Area.
"Both existing and potential PAIX customers have been anticipating this new Bay Area location,'' said Paul Vixie, president of PAIX.Net, Inc. "This steadily growing demand illustrates the ongoing need for Internet providers to connect with one another, even as the Internet community reshapes and redefines itself.
To ensure seamless interconnectivity for its Bay Area participants, PAIX will link the sites to provide a single peering switch fabric that permits both public peering and virtual private peering.
"The interconnection between San Francisco and Palo Alto will be seamless, offering all the connectivity options between the facilities as we do within each facility,'' said Tim Guarnieri, VP and General Manager of PAIX.Net, Inc.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., PAIX.Net began operations in 1996 as Digital Equipment Corporation's Palo Alto Internet Exchange. PAIX has locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Vienna, Va., Seattle, New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas, and will open additional facilities in Boston and Los Angeles this summer.