Internet Connectivity Revisited

Mar 23 23:17 UTC 2001

I (as a concerned net.citizen for grex) think that Grex should
be on its toes to be prepared to change internet providers
for two reasons.

1) Voyager.net (Acquired by CoreComm, NASDAQ COMM) is presently
trading under $1/share.  This means there is a timer ticking
within NASDAQ to get them delisted and cause the company
to become a private company instead of a publicly held one.

2) Covad (NASDAQ COVD) presently does not have any problems with
providing services, Grex should not ignore the fact that the
DSL marketplace has gotten more distressed with Northpoint
(www.northpoint.net) scheduled to turn off service to
its customers very soon.  (I believe in days).  These two factors
are cause for concern of continued service.

It is my opinion that grex should be prepared to change the present
contract to month-to-month service and consider the alternatives at the
end of the present contract.

I see no immediate threat of service disruption by Covad/Voyager(CoreComm)
today but in the coming months I think this is a real threat.

response 2 of 176:

Mar 23 23:51 UTC 2001

Our current contract, if I'm reading it right, runs from our activation date
(which should have been 7/15/2000 but was actually 8/2/2000) for a 12 month
term.  If we don't notify them at least 30 days in advance of the date of
the end of the contract (which is 7/2 I think, but we should get it in by
6/15 just to be sure), it automatically renews for a 12-month term.  If they
want to change our rates, they have to tell us 60 days before the end of the
current contract.

What are the implications of Voyager becoming a private company?  (Or is it
CoreComm that is doing so badly?)