North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Cable & Wireless buys MCI Internet
I think the news.com article makes it pretty clear that the ENTIRE MCI Internet operation (backbone, peering, 15,000 interconnections) were all sold for $625M. I guess C&W can dump its UUNet customer connections now. -Deepak. On Thu, 28 May 1998, Al Reuben wrote: > > The question is (from my confusion) is, since this article was released in > London, does 'domestic' imply Europe, or the US? > > Another words, was the *entire* MCI backbone sold to C&W, or only the > European portion of it (is there even a European portion of it?) > > > > On Thu, 28 May 1998, Hui-Hui Hu wrote: > > > > > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,22519,00.html > > > > well, this should be interesting. > > > > --- > > Tung-Hui Hu (HH26) Network admin and poet [email protected] > > > > > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Atheism is a non-prophet organization. > I route, therefore I am. > Alex Rubenstein, [email protected], KC2BUO, ISP/C Charter Member > Father of the Network and Head Bottle-Washer > Net Access Corporation, 9 Mt. Pleasant Tpk., Denville, NJ 07834 > Don't choose a spineless ISP! We have more backbone! http://www.nac.net > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > > >
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