[30032] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GC/Exds deal -- How would it work?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Majdi S. Abbas)
Thu Jul 13 20:37:16 2000
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:36:09 -0700
From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>
To: Mark Tripod <mark@exodus.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <00a201bfed29$7f0d8de0$b2b152cf@tripods.net>; from mark@exodus.net on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 05:21:46PM -0700
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 05:21:46PM -0700, Mark Tripod wrote:
> Well if Exodus can support it's current Data Centers on its backbone, I find
> it hard to believe that adding the seven that GC has now would make much of
> an impact.
It's also worth noting that it's going to be easier for them
to push enough traffic to justify more peering after such a merger,
and additional transit arrangements can easily be made during the
transition period. Acquisitions like this happen and these issues
are resolved all the time.
--msa
