A Market Fails at Internet Speed

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 12 08:44:56 PDT 2001


Jordan Hayes wrote:


> > There were probably plenty of warning
>> signs that NorthPoint (or DSL) is a risky service
>> today. Where are the business continuation plans?
>> Where are the second source prospects?
>
>My understanding is that NorthPoint simply lied to everyone and
>said that everything was going to be taken care of.

Yup, that's what the Panix people said, and they're a pretty sharp crew. "Everyone" assumed that AT&T would keep NP going for a while until other arrangements could be made, but AT&T didn't want to spend a couple of mill to make that happen. So they just shut it down.

Doug



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