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Atryn asks: "We are seeing more and more stories on KPNQwest's bankruptcy in Europe. Being on the other side of the pond, can anyone explain the ramifications of this large fiber backbone being shut down?" Slashdot originally covered this story back when the bankruptcy was announced. Now, a A 3-week stay of execution has been granted to the network. It will remain on until sometime in July, while the parent company tries to sell off its assets. As to the repercussions of the bankruptcy, ZDNet UK has some thoughts on the matter. Do you agree with them? Would you mind offering a few of your own? Update: 06/14 10am EDT by C :When this article was originally posted, 2 days ago, KPNQwest did indeed have an estimated three-week lifespan. Of course, that estimate has been cut down severely by recent events.

Atryn asks: "We are seeing more and more stories on KPNQwest's bankruptcy in Europe. Being on the other side of the pond, can anyone explain the ramifications of this large fiber backbone being shut down?" Slashdot originally covered this story back when the bankruptcy was announced. Now, a A 3-week stay of execution has been granted to the network. It will remain on until sometime in July, while the parent company tries to sell off its assets. As to the repercussions of the bankruptcy, ZDNet UK has some thoughts on the matter. Do you agree with them? Would you mind offering a few of your own? Update: 06/14 10am EDT by C :When this article was originally posted, 2 days ago, KPNQwest did indeed have an estimated three-week lifespan. Of course, that estimate has been cut down severely by recent events.

reginald.barclay writes "As KPNQwest has filed for bankruptcy some time ago, also EBone, which they aquired some months ago, goes down the drain. Together, these two companies carried betwenn 1/3 and 1/2 of European IP Traffic (and, in the case of KPNQwest, an unknown portion of voice). Employees at Ebone were laid off last week and told to abandon their NOC. But instead of getting drunk and over with it, they occupied their former workplace. Now even their time is running out, and one of Europes oldest backbone carriers will probably be shut down today, at 1700 CET. I wonder how many of their customers (mostly ISPs and VBCs themselves) have managed to run to the competition in time. Nevertheless, I expect the routing in large parts of Europe to be very interesting (in the chinese sense, of course) over the coming weekend and early next week." Update: 06/14 18:02 GMT by M : Apparently KPNQwest's creditors have agreed to pay to keep the place going until the end of June.

reginald.barclay writes "As KPNQwest has filed for bankruptcy some time ago, also EBone, which they aquired some months ago, goes down the drain. Together, these two companies carried betwenn 1/3 and 1/2 of European IP Traffic (and, in the case of KPNQwest, an unknown portion of voice). Employees at Ebone were laid off last week and told to abandon their NOC. But instead of getting drunk and over with it, they occupied their former workplace. Now even their time is running out, and one of Europes oldest backbone carriers will probably be shut down today, at 1700 CET. I wonder how many of their customers (mostly ISPs and VBCs themselves) have managed to run to the competition in time. Nevertheless, I expect the routing in large parts of Europe to be very interesting (in the chinese sense, of course) over the coming weekend and early next week." Update: 06/14 18:02 GMT by M : Apparently KPNQwest's creditors have agreed to pay to keep the place going until the end of June.

ives writes "Today KPNQwest filed for bankruptcy. KPNQwest owns the most important fibre backbone in Europe. Apparently they are not planning on switching off their network, but without maintenance it will probably slowly degrade. The official press release can be found here."

ives writes "Today KPNQwest filed for bankruptcy. KPNQwest owns the most important fibre backbone in Europe. Apparently they are not planning on switching off their network, but without maintenance it will probably slowly degrade. The official press release can be found here."