[28553] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Japan's NTT Com To Buy Verio
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rodney L Caston)
Mon May 8 11:26:00 2000
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 11:25:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rodney L Caston <largo@megatokyo.com>
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
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not much, NTT and verio have had a 'close' relationship for a long time..
Unless you think Verio's buyout may mean more banner ads on verio sites
for tamagotchis' and all things cute.
Rodney Caston
Tools Engineer
SBC Internet Services
On Mon, 8 May 2000, David Lesher wrote:
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> TOKYO, JAPAN, 2000 MAY 8 (NB) -- By Adam Creed,
> Newsbytes. NTT Communications Corp., the long distance
> and international operator of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
> Corp. (NTT) [TOKYO:9432], says it has signed a definitive
> agreement to purchase all the shares of US-based Web site
> and e-commerce hosting company, Verio Inc.
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> $5.5 billion
> over 525,000 domain names
> the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses.
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> So, what will it mean operationally?
> Spamwise?
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