Frank C. Mars opened The Mars Candy Factory in 1911 with his second wife, Ethel Mars, in Tacoma, Washington. The factory produced fresh candy which the company sold wholesale. This venture failed. In 1920 Frank, now back in his home state of Minnesota, founded Mar-O-Bar Co., which is the earliest incarnation of the present company.
Also called point of demarcation (POD), demarc extension, or demarc, it is the physical point at which the public network of a telecommunications company (i.e., a phone or cable company) ends and the private network of a customer begins-this is usually where the cable physically enters a building.or example, if your business subscribes to receive Internet through a local phone or cable company, the provider installs a demarcation point at your business. The demarc is usually a grey box mounted on the outside of the building.
In doing this, it is often hard to differentiate where line and network ownership begins and ends. Exactly how much of the network belongs to the company, and how much belongs to the customer? The way to discern this difference is by using the Demarcation Point. The Demarcation Point is the physical point where the public network ends and the private network of a customer begins. Simply put, the Demarcation Point, or Demarc, marks the point where the customerâs network interfaces with the network owned by another company or additional party. While the locational definition of this point can vary depending on region, the Demarc is typically located at the point where the cable physically enters a building, or the customerâs premises.