KPNQwest to be shut down ?
Stephen J. Wilcox
steve at opaltelecom.co.uk
Sun Jul 14 00:48:24 UTC 2002
Well our transit BGP just this minute went along with the circuit to KPNQ.
I cant confirm as theres no NOC but looks like it may be it .. ?
Steve
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Andre Chapuis wrote:
>
> http://www.cbronline.com/cbr.nsf/latestnews/3D7D494A2E3C728A80256BF4001084B0?Opendocument
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> 07/12/2002
>
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> Curtain Being Drawn on KPNQwest Network
>
> The future of the KPNQwest network looks bleak, after the Customer Support
> KPNQwest foundation decided to withdraw its support for the operation from
> 23.00 hours tonight.
>
> The foundation was co-founded by Dutch carrier KPN NV to enable the bankrupt
> network to continue operating while possible buyers were found. Yesterday KPN
> said that much of the network had already been sold off and customers had found
> alternative options. Consequently, traffic had dropped and "the foundation sees
> no reason to continue supporting the network."
>
> Dutch incumbent KPN added that "the receivers and banks have still not
> responded positively to KPN's offer to take over the remaining sections of
> rings 1,2 and 3 in of the KPNQwest network in Northwestern Europe". KPN added
> that as far as it was aware, its offer was the only concrete one. It said,
> "whether the Foundation's decision to stop support of the network leads to its
> closure depends on the receivers and the banks."
>
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> André Chapuis
> IP+ Engineering
> Swisscom Ltd
> Genfergasse 14
> 3050 Bern
> +41 31 893 89 61
> chapuis at ip-plus.net
> CCIE #6023
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