Re: <nettime> Frequently Asked Questions about Bandwidth

[Boris Groendahl <boris@berlin.snafu.de>]

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

---
#  distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission
#  <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism,
#  collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets
#  more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body
#  URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/  contact: nettime-owner@icf.de