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C&W Bails Out

Posted by michael on from the last-one-out-turn-off-the-lights dept.

norskode writes "Not much to go on yet, but it seems that Cable & Wireless is bailing out of their US operations. This is a big provider of IP pipes, and they run the data centers they bought from the failed Exodus folks. There are a LOT of sites that live in their data centers, but no word yet on the disposition of those facilities."

14 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. No! by mao+che+minh · · Score: 4, Funny
    My god, will someone please think about the porn!?!

    (all the porn that will be lost in those defunct datacenters)

    We must establish a plan of action, and organize to save the porn.

    1. Re:No! by TomSawyer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Look on the bright side! What's bad for porn is bad for spam?

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  2. Don't you get it? by DrLudicrous · · Score: 2, Funny

    C&W is in the red, so to speak, hence the red bars!

  3. Quick... by PS-SCUD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone get a list of sites on their servers, so we can Slashdot them as a fairwell gift ;-)

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  4. C&W disappears? by UnknowingFool · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's next rap? Heavy metal? Opera . . . well, it was never that popular.

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    Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
  5. Okay... by SiMac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's one...

    1. Re:Okay... by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

      How many slashdotters could slashdot slashdot if slashdot could be slashdotted?

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  6. Re:Don't look up now... by Methlin · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean The Register is going to buy them up?

  7. As a general rule of thumb, I find that ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny
    whenever anyone counsels us not to panic, panic is in fact the best course of action. If you'll excuse me now, I'm going to run around the room, flailing my arms about and screaming at the top of my lungs. Well, more then I usually do.

    Nothing to see here. Just move along. Ignore the smell of burning monkeys. Flood? What flood? Keep moving, you looky-loos.

  8. Please be precise: the correct name is by burgburgburg · · Score: 2, Funny
    Microsoft/AOL/TW/Fox/MPAA/RIAA

    And news reports show that media deregulation is nothing to be feared.

    1. Re:Please be precise: the correct name is by Surak · · Score: 4, Funny

      You left some out: GE/Viacom/Disney/Microsoft/AOL/TW/Fox/MPAA/RIAA

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  9. Netcraft Confirms: Slashdot is Moving! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, someone had to say it.

  10. cw.net was last updated in the 70th... by CodeMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check out their corporate site cw.net.
    The footer at the bottom says:

    © Cable & Wireless, 2003
    Updated January 1, 1970 GMT
    IE Webmaster: webmaster@cw.net
    Talk about staying on top of things...

  11. Re:Infrastructure by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone would have bought it. You just weren't offering a low enough price. If you were, I would have bought it :).