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""Andy"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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. 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