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Re: Network collapses

  • From: Michael Dillon
  • Date: Mon Jun 08 00:53:56 1998 
On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Mark R. Lindsey wrote:

> If a large network with large amounts of nonportable space, like UUNET,
> were to fail entirely (financially, or system-wide, e.g.), what would
> happen to the address space that that network had assigned to its
> customers?

Nothing. First the courts would appoint someone to run the company on
behalf of the creditors. Then someone would buy the assets and customers
for 10 cents on the dollar. Operational impact will be minimal to
nonexistent. 

Now if an asteroid were to hit Dallas, that would shake things up a little
bit more but not dramatically so.

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