KPNQwest to be shut down ?

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:

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> 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
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>                    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.
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>                    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
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> 3050 Bern
> +41 31 893 89 61
> chapuis at ip-plus.net
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