Rodent Regatta

SOMETHING DOESN’T SOUND RIGHT
All of this smacks of vultures hastening the death of their prey

WorldCom has long claimed that UUNET handled 30% to 50% of the Internet traffic. AT&T is now claiming that it and WorldCom both handle around 15% of the Internet traffic.
In the same breath AT&T seems to say that the failure of Excite created a need to switch an amount of traffic similar to what WorldCom is carrying. First, was Excite carrying 15% of the Internet traffic near the time of its bankruptcy? I don’t think so.
Second, if WorldCom’s only customers were Internet customers, AT&T might have a point. Considering voice, data, Internet and proprietary technologies, switching WorldCom’s customers is going to require capabilities like ONTAP – not AT&T’s, ”completed in less than 2 months.”

AT&T pokes at competition during WorldCom’s weakness. AT&T seeks to erode thought that WorldCom is central to Internet [InfoWorld: Top News]