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> What I wonder is what they mean by "shutdown". If this means that the > equipment is unplugged, then how many of these alternate providers will > suddenly discover that they have a dependency on an Ebone SDH/SONET ADM or > an Ebone DWDM box? If management at these alternate providers is just > hunting through their databases looking for KPN/Qwest dependencies they > probably won't see the complete picture. KQ only completed the Ebone > acquisition back in March and about a year earlier, Ebone was doing > business under the name GTS or Global Telesystems. Most people who bought > wavelengths or leased lines from Ebone would have done it under those > names and most of those companies were carriers or network operators. > > This could get interesting. Personally, I hope that the NOC employees in > Brussels succeed in getting potential buyers to realize the value of a > functioning cross-border fiber network that covers all of Europe. > Michael, I can't imagine a single carrier that doesn't know that HER=GTS=EBONE=KQ. [Certainly by the volume of orders I've seen somebody knows ! :D] Regards, Neil. -- Neil J. McRae - Alive and Kicking [email protected]
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