unless project pronto is still moving forward, IDSL and wireless are my
only choices. When I left SBC there was some question about the FCC
allowing pronto to continue...
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, George Metz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Jack Coates wrote:
>
> > thanks for the kind words -- looks like I'll be writing a dial-backup
> > HOWTO next, my IDSL line is through NorthPoint and I'm starting to see
> > spotty service related to this press release: http://www.northpoint.net.
>
> I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but this is a little bit
> nastier than it looks.
>
> Northpoint has a website that ISPs who resell their lines can go to for
> general info, updates on trouble tickets, and the like. That website is
> prc2.northpoint.net. Two days ago, about 10pm EST, it started redirecting
> to the press release on the Northpoint main page.
>
> This was about 2 hours AFTER their phone systems - ALL of them - started
> being answered by a recording stating that the US Bankruptcy Court had
> frozen all assets, and then hung up on you.
>
> The few Northpoint techs that we had AIM ScreenNames for, tell us that
> they don't know what's going on, or if they'll even be employed tomorrow.
>
> AT&T is purchasing Northpoint's assetts; Northpoint Customers are not
> considered assetts at this time, only equipment and facilities.
>
> Run, don't walk, to Covad. Even then, you're going to be down if you go
> for IDSL.
>
> --
> George Metz
> Commercial Routing Engineer
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>
> "We know what deterrence was with 'mutually assured destruction' during
> the Cold War. But what is deterrence in information warfare?" -- Brigadier
> General Douglas Richardson, USAF, Commander - Space Warfare Center
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