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Re: [PLUG] DSL: Questions to ask?
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On Thursday 09 August 2001 03:25, you wrote:
> > They're very forthright about their business goals. For instance,
> > they've been right on top of the Covad chapter 11 thing. Three months
> > ago, they announced that they had a plan to keep "nearly" everyone on
> > line even in the event of Covad going belly-up. They said that they
> > couldn't reveal the name of the company they had the contingency plan
> > with, but that it was in place.
>
> My gut feeling tells me that they didn't have another company at
> all, but had insider information about how the Chapter 11
> proceedings were going to go. (That is, that only the umbrella Covad
> corporation was actually going to file, not affecting the actual
> service-providing divisions.)
Actually they do mention in the monthly letter that they've started with
another net provider. Also, it's always possible that they cut a deal with
the local telcos as well.
> > they also have an optional newsletter called RTFM, which discusses their
>
> Ooo... I hadn't known about that. How do I subscribe?
Go to http://www.speakeasy.net/main.php?page=majordomo. That's where all the
sign-ups are for RTFM, film, music, and games newsletters.
Enjoy!
--
"There's nothing wrong with teenagers that reasoning with them won't
aggravate."
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