Re: PSInet - iSTAR purchase

["Chris MacFarlane" <cjm () ican net>]

Don't forget about little old ACC!  In our view this makes us the only mid
sized nationwide ISP in the great white north!

ACC/Internet Canada   www.ican.net looks better every day!

Chris MacFarlane
Manager, Data Operations
ACC Telecom
4162132023
cmacfarlane () acc ca
cjm () ican net

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gibson <magibson () netcom ca>
To: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>
Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: PSInet - iSTAR purchase


> 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