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Re: Interconnects

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Fri May 17 14:10:30 2002

Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:09:22 +0100 (BST)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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As I think someone implied earlier, I think filing a Chapter 11 is
becoming quite trendy and everyone will want one soon so as not to be left
out .. status symbol if you like :)


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...)
> 
> 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....
> 
> 
> 
> 


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