Internet won't sink if WorldCom does

[Adul]

I never realize how important UUnet is.

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UUNet, a WorldCom subsidiary, is one of the Internet's backbone providers. It controls the wires that Internet service providers use as superhighways to carry Internet traffic between cities and across continents.

Sidgmore said UUNet handles more than 50 percent of U.S. Internet traffic, including about 70 percent of all e-mails sent within the United States and half of e-mails sent in the world. With KPNQwest in Europe, it handles over half of European traffic as well.

Thousands of companies in over 100 countries rely on WorldCom for Internet access, including the Defense Department and the State Department.

 

[ElFenix]

here i thought the whole thing would die if WC went belly up. only about half of it though. i guess that just means higher pings to everywhere. suq.

 

[twilly]

my sister works for worldcom, they aren't going anywhere, especially UUnet