[49959] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: KPNQwest to be shut down ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Sat Jul 13 20:49:04 2002
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 01:48:24 +0100 (BST)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
To: Andre Chapuis <chapuis@ip-plus.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, swinog@swinog.ch
In-Reply-To: <070e01c22a54$fb7407a0$82f380a4@ipplus.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Well our transit BGP just this minute went along with the circuit to KPNQ.=
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I cant confirm as theres no NOC but looks like it may be it .. ?
Steve
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Andre Chapuis wrote:
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> http://www.cbronline.com/cbr.nsf/latestnews/3D7D494A2E3C728A80256BF400108=
4B0?Opendocument
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> 07/12/2002
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> Curtain Being Drawn on KPNQwest Network
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> The future of the KPNQwest network looks bleak, after =
the Customer Support
> KPNQwest foundation decided to withdraw its support fo=
r the operation from
> 23.00 hours tonight.
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> The foundation was co-founded by Dutch carrier KPN NV =
to enable the bankrupt
> network to continue operating while possible buyers we=
re found. Yesterday KPN
> said that much of the network had already been sold of=
f and customers had found
> alternative options. Consequently, traffic had dropped=
and "the foundation sees
> no reason to continue supporting the network."
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> Dutch incumbent KPN added that "the receivers and bank=
s have still not
> responded positively to KPN's offer to take over the r=
emaining sections of
> rings 1,2 and 3 in of the KPNQwest network in Northwes=
tern Europe". KPN added
> that as far as it was aware, its offer was the only co=
ncrete one. It said,
> "whether the Foundation's decision to stop support of =
the network leads to its
> closure depends on the receivers and the banks."
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> Andr=E9 Chapuis
> IP+ Engineering
> Swisscom Ltd
> Genfergasse 14
> 3050 Bern
> +41 31 893 89 61
> chapuis@ip-plus.net
> CCIE #6023
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