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Subject: Re: <nettime> Frequently Asked Questions about Bandwidth
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Date: 22 Jul 1997 22:53:27 +0200

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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 97 22:24:34 +0200
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From: Boris Groendahl <boris@berlin.snafu.de>
To: "Eric Kluitenberg" <eric@media-gn.nl>, <nettime-l@Desk.nl>
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Eric,

>Internet network backbones are owned by the large telecom operators. There
>is a continuous process of the concentration of power. The largest Internet
>connectivity provider of the world, UUNet Technologies, owns most of the
>infrastructure of Europe: EUnet. National EUnet-subsidiaries like EUnet
>Germany have been bought in the last years by UUNET. UUNET is based in
>Virginia, USA, 40% of its stock capital is owned by Microsoft corporation.

Do you have any proof for the claim that MS owns 40% of UUNet? afaik,
UUNet merged with WorldCom, Inc. and now acts as its subsidiary, but I
didn't find any information about who are WorldCom's shareholders.

Boris.

------ Boris Groendahl
------ Texte Und Konzepte Fuer Medien

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