Re: PSInet - iSTAR purchase

["Michael Gibson" <magibson () netcom ca>]

The Canadian marketplace just got smaller.  This and the recent hookup stuff
leave us with a handful of national ISPs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>
To: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>
Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 11:21 AM
Subject: PSInet - iSTAR purchase


> Forwarded to me by a wimp who didn't want to be accused of solely
> posting trivia to NANOG:
>
> "In a surprise move calculated to restore their preeminence as the #1
> deaggregated route leaker, PSInet (PSIX.O) has agreed to buy iSTAR
> in a stock swap."
>
> Avi