(fwd) [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2

Fri Sep 21 20:44:09 UTC 2001

Or you could pony up for a non-preemptable circuit. Much more expensive.
Your choice. Live with it.

-Al Rowland

personal capacity only.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Warren [mailto:rachel at plur.net]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 1:00 PM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: (fwd) [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2

I thought this might interest NANOG:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:11:39 +1000 (EST)
From: Terence <terry at tdce.com.au>
To: aussie-isp at aussie.net
Cc: AusBONE Members <ausbone-members at ausbone.tdce.com.au>
Subject: [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2

Well, there must be a big war coming up, because the US govmint just
appropriated our PAS-2 transponder, effectively shutting down our regional
operations on October 15.

I'm more than happy for journalists to call me.

I may be sympathetic to the USG over terrorism, but they can't go around
putting AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL ISP's out of business...

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Terence C. Giufre-Sweetser

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