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All very true. And of course my comments eariler were purely hypothetical in nature. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Carter <[email protected]> To: Steve Sobol <[email protected]> Cc: Majdi S. Abbas <[email protected]>; Mark Tripod <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:22 PM Subject: Re: GC/Exds deal -- How would it work? > > > Mark Tripod wrote: > > > > Well if Exodus can support it's current Data Centers on its backbone, I find > > > > it hard to believe that adding the seven that GC has now would make much of > > > > an impact. > > A most excellent joke ... a rib tickler no less ... > > > "Majdi S. Abbas" wrote: > > > It's also worth noting that it's going to be easier for them > > > to push enough traffic to justify more peering after such a merger, > > > and additional transit arrangements can easily be made during the > > > transition period. Acquisitions like this happen and these issues > > > are resolved all the time. > > If you're confusing peering with transit then excuse me, but by purchasing > another hosting business and, therefore, adding to EXDS's already terrible > outbound vs inbound traffic ratios it will make obtaining good > non-settlement peering even more difficult. A bunch (meaning: most of) > the big backbones have peering guidelines regarding what a potential peers > ratios must be to qualify. Like in the (out:in) 2:1 or 3:1 range. > > "Steve Sobol" wrote: > > [warning: non-operational question follows] > > > > Are they selling off Frontier Long Distance too? > > I believe the announcement was just about the GBLX LEC business and > nothing definitive about anything else. > > -Steve
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