North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: KPNQwest to be shut down ?
Well our transit BGP just this minute went along with the circuit to KPNQ. I cant confirm as theres no NOC but looks like it may be it .. ? Steve On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Andre Chapuis wrote: > > http://www.cbronline.com/cbr.nsf/latestnews/3D7D494A2E3C728A80256BF4001084B0?Opendocument > > 07/12/2002 > > > Curtain Being Drawn on KPNQwest Network > > The future of the KPNQwest network looks bleak, after the Customer Support > KPNQwest foundation decided to withdraw its support for the operation from > 23.00 hours tonight. > > The foundation was co-founded by Dutch carrier KPN NV to enable the bankrupt > network to continue operating while possible buyers were found. Yesterday KPN > said that much of the network had already been sold off and customers had found > alternative options. Consequently, traffic had dropped and "the foundation sees > no reason to continue supporting the network." > > Dutch incumbent KPN added that "the receivers and banks have still not > responded positively to KPN's offer to take over the remaining sections of > rings 1,2 and 3 in of the KPNQwest network in Northwestern Europe". KPN added > that as far as it was aware, its offer was the only concrete one. It said, > "whether the Foundation's decision to stop support of the network leads to its > closure depends on the receivers and the banks." > > --------------------- > Andr� Chapuis > IP+ Engineering > Swisscom Ltd > Genfergasse 14 > 3050 Bern > +41 31 893 89 61 > [email protected] > CCIE #6023 > --------------------- > > >
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