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Global Crossing (Nearly) Sold To Singapore

Posted by timothy on from the true-to-the-name dept.

sQuEeDeN writes "According to money.cnn.com, the sale of Global Crossing to STT (Singapore Technologies Telemedia) has been permitted by the administration. There originally were concerns about this sale by the DoD/ DOHS but, by what I assume to be much behind-the-scenes negotiating, such concerns have been alleviated. Ultimately this shouldn't [knock] matter much but it's always interesting to see where your bandwidth comes from. We'll see what it means for the U.S. to have it's global bandwidth be owned by, well, someone else."

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  1. What is Global Crossing? by kevin_conaway · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is it and why should I care? The article doesnt explain it very well

    1. Re:What is Global Crossing? by Read+Icculus · · Score: 2, Insightful

      +Many Insightful for the uninformed Grandparent who doesn't know what Global Crossing is and couldn't be bothered to do a cursory search before posting, and Flamebait for the parent who was helpful enough to provide multiple links on Global Crossing. What gives mods? I truly hope M2 bites you in the ass.

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  2. Re:Grammar nazis: Ready, set... by crapulent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because Rob and the rest of the "editors" feel that by not giving a shit about typos, incomplete sentences, run-on sentences, duplicates, and spelling mistakes it gives the site the amateurish feel that it had when they first started it for the hell of it in 1997. Of course, a lot of people argue that since now they're PAID to run slashdot and since the site has become huge, some level of actual "editing" should be required of these people that claim to be "editors" yet seem to have no idea what the job of an "editor" actually entails.