- Westin Building
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Westin Building
built =1981
use =Office /Carrier hotel
location = 2001 Sixth Avenue,Seattle ,USA
roof = 409 ft (124.7 m)
top_floor = 34
floor_count = 34
floor_area = 386,103 ft² (35,870.1 m²)
elevator_count = 8The Westin Building is a major
telecommunications hub andcarrier hotel facility located in downtownSeattle, Washington .Westin Building. [http://www.westinbuilding.com/about/contacts.cfm "Contact Us."] ] . The building is also home to the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) and Pacific Northwest Gigapop's Pacific Wave Exchange.Carrier Hotels, Featured Sites. [http://www.carrierhotels.com/properties/westin/index.shtml "The Westin Building, Seattle"] ]The facility has a pair of "
Meet-me Rooms " on the 19th floor, which are used by telecommunicationcarriers andinternet service providers to cross-connect their individual networks. These carriers situate their POPs within racks spread throughout the building utilizingoptical fiber cabling back to the meet-me room thereby facilitating interconnection with other carriers' infrastructure within the building. The Westin Building's meet-me room is the heart of the facility,where buyers and sellers ofbroadband services offer interconnectivity to their backbones and diverse services without the need to utilize telephone company provided interconnections.Rawlson King. [http://www.thewhir.com/features/meetme.cfm "Meet-Me Rooms Provide Cheap Carrier Cross-Connects"] . The Web Host Review.]References
External links
* [http://www.westinbuilding.com/ The Westin Building official site]
* [http://www.seattleix.net Seattle Internet Exchange]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=2001+6th+Avenue,+Seattle,+WA+98121&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=47.614329,-122.338477&spn=0.001295,0.003342&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr Location of the Westin Building]
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