Eurorings network is reported to be shut down in 3 months, but apparently it's starting already to get unstable.
Millions of sites in Europe are hosted via KPNQWest. In Germany alone some 30% of all domains are affected.
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The network is a well established one, without it someone has the oportunitie to make their business big by doing the bandwidth, however its only a temp thing, couz people will pay higher when their suddenly offline but when they are online and comfortable their cheap :)
I think each site needs its' own server. No need to put 12902 websites on one server (:
KPN, Netherlands telcom giant and majority stockholder nevertheless indicated it would not guarantee operations for more than a couple of days.
sorry im vague, a grey area for me based on passing conversation
I read this post the other week and it sounded "big" but didnt get my head round it.
what seems to be the problem in europe???
The KPNQwest subsidiary in Norway was sold last week. However, the largest customers left before that happened.
Quoting from the web site's current message:
After some weeks of voluntary service to keep up the network operational and without being paid, we are totally exhausted. If by today at 5pm CET no solution is found, the Ebone network will be shut down.
I cannot believe there has not been a buyer for KPNQWest. I'd think the infrastructure alone be worth buying it.
1) You'd have to take on the debt too
2) Most service providers are oversupplied with hardware, burdened with crippling debt etc and can't afford it, basically
I'd think the infrastructure alone be worth buying it.
Most of the fiber infrastructure in Europe isn't lit (it's dark fiber). It's a surplus that's hard to believe.
There may be a second hand marked for used routers of course. ;)
>buying KPNQWest
the company has had different operatonal units and property. Some of that will most likely get sold easily, with some other parts of the fallen empire it's much harder.
It's anyhow hard to imagine that hightech connection, ebone, should be left to rot in the mud...
Key European and US firms to bid on KPNQwest network
The UK’s Colt Telecom and Cable & Wireless, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, Belgacom and American AT&T are all expected to bid for Europe’s largest data network, the source said. KPN, one of KPNQwest’s main owners, may also the join that list.
Source, Europemedia [europemedia.net]
Trustees for bankrupt European data carrier KPNQwest said they no longer expected to have the funding needed to keep Europe’s largest fibre-optic data network running until the end of the month.
[europemedia.net...]
