[12887] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Have you been bought by a telco yet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Mon Oct 13 23:52:49 1997
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: jamie@intuition.iagnet.net
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:46:26 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: bradley@dunn.org, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199710140104.VAA14191@intuition.iagnet.net> from "Jamie Rishaw" at Oct 13, 97 09:04:16 pm
> What's up with this statistic?
>
> "The merger of ICG and Netcom offers a strategic
> fit across-the-board in technology, target markets
> and geography ," said J. Shelby Bryan, president
> and CEO of ICG, in a statement. "The new
> company will enjoy a particularly strong competitive
> advantage in California, where approximately 30
> percent of the world's Internet traffic either
> originates or terminates."
I'd believe 30 percent of the US's Internet traffic either originates,
terminates, or is exchanged between providers in CA, and another 20-30%
in the NYC<->DC corridor, heavily weighted towards DC, of course.
> jamie g.k. rishaw dal/efnet:gavroche __ IAGnet/CICNet/netILLINOIS Netops
Avi
