Re: Cable & Wireless buys MCI Internet

[noc () nso org (Network Operations Center)]

Nope Perry....nothing deranged...

You can read the full press releases as issued by
both MCI and CW here: http://www.isr.net/NETNEWS/netnewsmain.html 

rgds

red


At 12:37 PM 5/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
> God, this is all so DERANGED.
>
> MCI is merging with Worldcom. The E.U.'s antitrust people said that
> Worldcom couldn't both own MCI's internet business and UUNet's. The
> result seems understandable.
>
> Naturally, of course, loons decide to interpret this as part of a
> great conspiracy...
>
> .pm
>
> Marc Hurst writes:
> > On Thu, 28 May 1998, James D. Butt wrote:
> >
> > > > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,22519,00.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > well, this should be interesting.
> > >
> > > Please keep in mind that they just sold the ISP customers to C&W not all
> > > of the internet stuff..
> > >
> > > I am not sure I like it.. it looks as though they are setting the
industry
> > > up for something.
> >
> > What'ya mean?
> >
> > Thats' the nature of the entire corporate theatre of this industry. There 
> > is so much incest and double dealing that it makes Tom Clancy novels lame 
> > in comparison....
> >
> > M.