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Doh! Cisco Buys Allegro and NOT eTunnels?

Friday July 27 6:43 PM ET Cisco Systems to Acquire Allegro SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Cisco Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:CSCO – news) announced Friday it has agreed to acquire Allegro Systems Inc., a developer of Internet security solutions, in a stock deal valued...

360networks Announces Delisting from NASDAQ

KER-PLOP! -Ian. —— Forwarded Message From: “360networks” Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:06:59 -0700 To: Undisclosed recipients:; Subject: 360networks – News Release July 26, 2001 For immediate release 360NETWORKS ANNOUNCES DELISTING FROM THE...

Webley Toast

Webley? Rumor has it big layoffs tomorrow at Webley. Apparently access cards and laptops have already been removed. Also, the CEO quit — here’s the email. When: 7/26/2001 Company: Webley Severity: 80 Points: 180 The Email:

Re: VoDSL Poised for Comeback?

Oops. I need a Glossary when I speak Telco: – UNE (Unbundled Network Elements) — wholesale features present on switches like callerID, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, etc. – RBOC — Regional Bell Operating Company(ies) like Pacific Bell, Verizon...

VoDSL Poised for Comeback?

…maybe. But it’ll still have to compete with a host of newly-available products. AT&T for example seems to be rolling out consumer services using UNEs (Unbundled Network Elements — reselling features wholesaled from RBOCs) which are all of a...

Card Trick…

http://www.timwike.dircon.co.uk/card.html FOIB keener points to anyone who can tell me how this works. It’s sneaky! -Ian.

AOL Invests in Amazon…

Monday July 23 4:28 PM ET AOL Invests in Amazon, Expands Marketing Pact SEATTLE (Reuters) – AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:AOL – news) said Monday it made a $100 million equity investment in Amazon.com (NasdaqNM:AMZN – news) and expanded a multi-year...

It’s Official…

AOL Acquires Voice ASP Firm eVoice   MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) — eVoice, an Internet-based voice-application service provider, has been acquired by AOL Time Warner, according to an AOL spokesperson. Earlier this month, VentureWire reported that eVoice...

‘Net Imitates Life..

Mostly I just liked the headline. To the disappointment of women worldwide: “Cybersex Takes Less Time Than Expected, Survey Says” ..at least the ‘net helps us to be more efficient in one category. -Ian.