The Canadian marketplace just got smaller. This and the recent hookup stuff leave us with a handful of national ISPs. -----Original Message----- From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com> To: nanog@merit.edu <nanog@merit.edu> Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 11:21 AM Subject: PSInet - iSTAR purchase

Forwarded to me by a wimp who didn't want to be accused of solely posting trivia to NANOG:

"In a surprise move calculated to restore their preeminence as the #1 deaggregated route leaker, PSInet (PSIX.O) has agreed to buy iSTAR in a stock swap."

Avi