Re: [ga] Internet stability

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

The consequences of foolish choices. ATT paid 6 billion dollars for Excite.

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200111/msg0038
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on 11/30/01 10:36 PM, Roeland Meyer at rmeyer@mhsc.com wrote:

> As of midnight, tonight, 4 million users, just in the SF Bay Area, may lose
> their internet connection due to the business failure of Excite @ home.
> 
> Lately, we've been talking about what matters. Well, this is what matters to
> the Internet public. This has been seen coming for almost four months. Has
> the ICANN even tried to do anything? Yet, ICANN claims to help stabilize the
> Internet. The territory that ICANN claims, doesn't touch any part of this.
> 
> This may be the largest outage in the history of the Internet. Heretofore,
> the NorthPoint failure may have had claim to that honor. However, unlike
> NorthPoint, Excite has mostly residential customers. Ergo, the impact on
> business isn't as great. DSL providers can expect many new customers as a
> result, even if Excite doesn't pull the plug tonight.
> 
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