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With this merger, approximately 80% of the Internet will now be controlled by Wcom or it's companys.. wondering when an anti-trust suit will be filed.. Eric On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Jun (John) Wu wrote: > ===== Nathan Stratton previously wrote: ==== > > > > internetMCI, ANS, and UUNet all would be operated as separate units, but I > > don't think so. The cost savings of one network is very large, and > > At the traffic level the above three are running, the savings may not > be that much. Plus, instead of two links, one to MCI and one to UUNET, > now the customer needs just one (MAYBE bigger) connection to this new > provider. This is potentially a big loss in revenue. > > BTW, Gridnet is old Worldcom network, and is never merged with UUNET. > > > Jun > _______________________________________________________ Eric D. Madison - Senior Network Engineer - ACSI - Advanced Data Services - ATM/IP Backbone Group 24 Hour NMC/NOC (800)291-7889 Email: [email protected]
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