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.
The Minimum Point of Entry (MPOE), where the commercial carrier establishes a demarc (demarcation point). The demarc draws the line between the local loop, which is the responsibility of the carrier, and the inside wire and cable system, which is the responsibility of either the end user or the building owner.efines the location(s) of media used in a demarc extension. A segment is a single continuous cable that is terminated at each end. The initial segment (segment 1) originates at the demarc connection point and the final segment ends at the edge termination point. Segments may include patch cords or cross-connects.