I've read one report that KPNQwest is so big there aren't many others could pick it up and those that are big enough have their own problems right now and so won't be in a position to anyway.
I'm in UK and our provider has said there will be problems but not for us in the UK, however "some mainland european 'sites' will disappear". ""nrf"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Well, I think so too. But that's no guarantee that customers won't be left > hanging. For example, AT&T bought Northpoint's infrastructure, but didn't > buy their customers, so as I'm sure you're aware, lots of customers were cut > off abruptly. > > And besides, there's no guarantee they'll be bought. Look at Excite@Home. > They didn't get bought and the whole network was liquidated, resulting in > widespread service outages. > > > > > ""Steven A. Ridder"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I think someone will buy them. > > > > -- > > > > RFC 1149 Compliant. > > > > > > > > ""nrf"" wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Yeah but what about the rest of KPNQwest? Ebone was just a subset. > > > > > > > > > ""Steven A. Ridder"" wrote in message > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > I think ebone will be fine on their own. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > RFC 1149 Compliant. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ""nrf"" wrote in message > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > You don't know? > > > > > > > > > > KPNQwest is going bankrupt. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a quote from their own press office. > > > > > > > > > > "The Company is working with its customers to facilitate the > > > > implementation > > > > > of contingency plans, should the current situation result in > > > instablility > > > > or > > > > > a total shut-down of the KPNQwest EuroRings network" > > > > > > > > > > http://www.kpnqwest.com/html/records.asp?record_id=883 > > > > > > > > > > Here's some other disturbing news: > > > > > > > > > > "An Internet performance-monitoring company says KPNQwest's > > fiber-optic > > > > > network has been losing track of the data it delivers at "alarming > > > rates" > > > > > since Friday. > > > > > Since early Friday, KPNQwest's networks have been losing an average > of > > 4 > > > > > percent to 5 percent of all data, said Tom Ohlsson, vice president > of > > > > > marketing and business development for Matrix NetSystems, which > > monitors > > > > > both the health of the Internet and the internal networks of > > > corporations. > > > > > > > > > > By comparison, the monitoring company says, a healthy Internet > service > > > > will > > > > > lose only about one-tenth of a percent of the data it's been charged > > > with. > > > > " > > > > > > > > > > http://news.com.com/2100-1033-935456.html?tag=rn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As KPNQwest is Europe's biggest provider, I'm just interested in how > > our > > > > > colleagues in the Old World are handling things. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ""Hermann, Paul"" wrote in message > > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > What's happening? > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: nrf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: 17 June 2002 20:36 > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: Any Europeans here? [7:46816] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, any of you guys being impacted by the goings-on at KPNQwest? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** > > > > > **************** > > > > > > " This message contains information that may be privileged or > > > > confidential > > > > > > and > > > > > > is the property of the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group. It is > > intended > > > > only > > > > > > for > > > > > > the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended > > > > recipient, > > > > > > you > > > > > > are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, > > > > distribute, > > > > > or > > > > > > use > > > > > > this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in > > > error, > > > > > > please > > > > > > notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this > message > > ". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** > > > > > **************** Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46875&t=46816 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
