Well, after I bought the apartment on the Champs-Élysées there wasn't much left ... But there are no property taxes in France. :) Roderick S. Beck Director of European Sales Hibernia Atlantic 1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com Wireless: 1-212-444-8829. Landline: 33-1-4346-3209. French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97. AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com rodbeck@erols.com ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' Albert Einstein. -----Original Message----- From: Alex Rubenstein [mailto:alex@corp.nac.net] Sent: Thu 2/14/2008 4:41 PM To: Rod Beck; Bill Nash Cc: North American Network Operators Group Subject: RE: Area Social Activity That's all they paid? From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Rod Beck Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:31 AM To: Bill Nash Cc: North American Network Operators Group Subject: RE: Area Social Activity And to celebrate my first TransAtlantic IRU, I will buy the first ten people a drink. The commission is funding it.