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Re: Response from Cyber Promotions (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Darrell Fuhriman)
Wed Apr 23 01:55:23 1997

To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Darrell Fuhriman <darrell@grumblesmurf.net>
Date: 22 Apr 1997 22:42:38 -0700
In-Reply-To: Charles Sprickman's message of Wed, 23 Apr 1997 00:54:33 -0400 (EDT)

Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com> writes:

> And in Interactive Week today, I see Cyber Promotions just signed a
> three year deal with UUNet/Worldcom.  Someone was quoted as saying they
> will have the capacity to "send 111 average-sized email messages per
> second".

They're merely buying worldcom circuits, not IP service.  Earlier
today, I was bitching about Inter@ctive Week not following up on
the story and simply believing what Cyber Promo put on their
web page.

Darrell


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