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Re: Formal study: How many points networks share

  • From: J. Scott Marcus
  • Date: Mon Aug 28 20:54:42 2000

At 17:32 08/28/2000 -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:

>After the wave of mergers, attempted mergers, unmergers, and all the related
>investigations by the EU and DOJ; I think most of the providers know how
>to give each other notice by now :-)  ....

Unfortunately, Sean, your conclusion may not follow.  Responding to
compulsory legal process is significantly easier than providing equivalent
information on a mutual, voluntary basis.  And voluntarism won't
necessarily produce a complete set of responses from all major providers.