EBone/KPNQwest Network Shutting Down

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.

Comments

Re:25%-50% of traffic on Ebone?

[RocketJeff]

Ebone carries about 25%, the rest of KPNQwest carries another 25% - the total company carries about 50%. Ebone was never really integrated into the rest of the KPNQwest network (hadn't had time before the company went splat).

what's the sound of BGP flapping?

[mdouglas]

BGP statistics pertaining to KPNQwest AS286 also, keep your eye on NANOGfor any info related to the impact of the shutdown.