[30036] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GC/Exds deal -- How would it work?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Thu Jul 13 23:55:04 2000
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Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:56:19 -0400
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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To: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>
Cc: Mark Tripod <mark@exodus.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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"Majdi S. Abbas" wrote:
> 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.
[warning: non-operational question follows]
Are they selling off Frontier Long Distance too?
--Just curious,
**SJS
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