[47890] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Interconnects
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitch Halmu)
Fri May 17 16:32:49 2002
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>
To: todd glassey <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: Ralph Doncaster <ralph@istop.com>,
ren <ren@internet.rockstar.org>,
Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>, nanog@nanog.org
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On Fri, 17 May 2002, todd glassey wrote:
> Mitch what has MFN's financial problems have to do with the quality of the
> agreements that are in place for peering. If you are worried that they may
> blow off the face of the earth - I too agree that money is tight and there
> are a number of other meltdowns coming as the real winners of the Internet
> race start to emerge.
There may be serious concerns related to future agreements and payments,
as major investors and clients pull out and write off their losses:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020406/nysa012_1.html
Ultimately, it is up to the company to officially announce, confirm or
dismiss such speculations, but they can't stop peers, clients and investors
from worrying if they will be able to continue as a going concern.
Keep in mind that company officials may be reluctant to offer you a true
"inside" picture of the events, so you have to draw your own inferences
from sparse press articles.
Keeping informed in all aspects will spare you some costly mistakes down
the road. If it's not one thing, it's another...
--Mitch
NetSide
