"PAIX" initially stood for "Palo Alto Internet Exchange", and was later remarketed as Peering And Internet eXchange, a service of Switch and Data. It is a neutral Internet exchange point. PAIX began operations in 1996 as Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation, or DEC. AboveNet/MFN, acquired PAIX, and later sold it to Switch and Data around the time it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Switch and Data, provides peering and Internet exchange points in Atlanta, Dallas, New York City, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, San Jose, Seattle, and Northern Virginia, among other places. Switch and Data is North America’s leading neutral Internet communications interconnection and colocation service provider. ... Official website: http://www. ... Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering company in the American computer industry. ... DEC, dec or Dec may refer to: December - a month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar Digital Equipment Corporation - a computer and technology company, now part of HP Declination - a term from astronomy Diethylcarbamazine - a drug commonly used to treat infections by filarial parasites Disasters Emergency Committee -- a group... Peering is the practice of voluntarily interconnecting distinctly separate data networks on the Internet, for the purposes of exchanging traffic between the customers of the peered networks. ... It has been suggested that National_Inter_Connection_Exchange, and Indonesia_Open_Internet_Exchange_Point be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Dallas redirects here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham [2], Metropolis Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. Palo Alto is located at the northern end of the Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area — Stanford, California), and... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Northern Virginia is a regional area consisting of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. ...