Re: Formal study: How many points networks share

["J. Scott Marcus" <smarcus () genuity com>]

At 17:32 08/28/2000 -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:

> After the wave of mergers, attempted mergers, unmergers, and all the related
> investigations by the EU and DOJ; I think most of the providers know how
> to give each other notice by now :-)  ....

Unfortunately, Sean, your conclusion may not follow.  Responding to
compulsory legal process is significantly easier than providing equivalent
information on a mutual, voluntary basis.  And voluntarism won't
necessarily produce a complete set of responses from all major providers.