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How Will WorldCom/UUNet Impact The Internet?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ka-THUMP dept.

somewinner writes "CNN.com has an article discussing WordCom's impending failure and its possible impact on the internet. Given that WorldCom (via UUNet) handles 50% of US internet traffic, and a large percentage of traffic worldwide, some concern is certainly justifiable. However, the author of the article seems to think that nothing serious is going to happen."

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  1. The question is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How will First Posts affect Slashdot?

  2. early post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Quick to the rescue!

  3. "Screw-You Net" by 1010011010 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    At hte ISP I used to work at, we called them "Screw-You Net." I guess that's still apropos.

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  4. Revelation! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WorldCom tosses Jon Katz's salad.

  5. Show us your tits! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It'll impact the internet repeatedly, as WorldCom's blood-engorged dick slams into and out of the internet's gaping asshole. Oops, sorry, that's _your_sister's_ gaping asshole, not the internet's gaping asshole.

    You gaping asshole, with cum leaking out, and running down your asscheeks.

  6. Re:Cyberwarfare by Squeeze+Truck · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Al Qaeda comes and farts in the elevator in my building before I come to work every day.

    Clever bastards.

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