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Re: Interconnects

  • From: Mitch Halmu
  • Date: Fri May 17 15:01:08 2002


On Fri, 17 May 2002 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

> On Fri, 17 May 2002 18:46:15 BST, "Stephen J. Wilcox" said:
> > The question related to places where network interconnect, not who's
> > friends with who this week.
> 
> (Note - I'm assuming here the news story is factual.  If not, that's
> a whole different spin on things...)

Last two official MFNXE press releases confirm the article is factual:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020515/new049_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020423/nytu220_1.html
 
> Well... missing a $32M payment *does* say something about whether they
> will or will not be around to interconnect with.  Although Mitch has
> a reputation around here, he *is* on the mark this time - when the "time
> to Chapter 11" may be less than "time to deliver circuits to get to there",
> you may want to investigate ordering circuits to connect elsewhere....

Exactly my point. What do friends-or-not have to do with business, Wilcox?

--Mitch
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