PSInet - iSTAR purchase

Tue Nov 11 01:00:34 UTC 1997

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 at acc.ca
cjm at ican.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gibson <magibson at netcom.ca>
To: nanog at merit.edu <nanog at 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 at netaxs.com>
>To: nanog at merit.edu <nanog at 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
>>
>>
>