Failures There are lessons to be learned. By Peter Radizeski, RAD-INFO, Inc.

DLEC BK Covad Rhythms NorthPoint NAS Digital Broadband Comm.

Covad

Rhythms

NorthPoint

NAS

Digital Broadband Comm.

December, 2000 This week Flashcom Communications, Zyan Communications, Relay Point and FastPoint filed for federal bankruptcy protection (ISP-Planet)

Fiber – the diet of BK Yipes! Cogent Digital Teleport 360networks Genuity MFN (Multimedia Fiber Network) Williams And later as WilTel

Yipes!

Cogent

Digital Teleport

360networks

Genuity

MFN (Multimedia Fiber Network)

Williams

And later as WilTel

More Fiber – more BK PSINET FLAG Global Crossing XO Telergy WINfirst

PSINET

FLAG

Global Crossing

XO

Telergy

WINfirst

But some survive GX, 360 and XO are still alive MFN becomes AboveNet Digital Teleport became LightCore Yipes was just bought by FLAG Cogent & PSInet are one Genuity & WilTel are Level(3) Telergy became Dominion became CavTel WINfirst is now SureWest

GX, 360 and XO are still alive

MFN becomes AboveNet

Digital Teleport became LightCore

Yipes was just bought by FLAG

Cogent & PSInet are one

Genuity & WilTel are Level(3)

Telergy became Dominion became CavTel

WINfirst is now SureWest

Perrenial BK cases Birch McLeodUSA ICG Mpower

Birch

McLeodUSA

ICG

Mpower

Surprise! MCI / Worldcom C&W USA Enron Excite @Home Ardent aka CAIS Internet e.spire Adelphia

MCI / Worldcom

C&W USA

Enron

Excite @Home

Ardent aka CAIS Internet

e.spire

Adelphia

Wireless BK Worldwide Wireless Networks Broadband2Wireless Metricom (Ricochet wireless) Winstar Thrucomm NextWave

Worldwide Wireless Networks

Broadband2Wireless

Metricom (Ricochet wireless)

Winstar

Thrucomm

NextWave

Even Satellite falls to BK Iridium Motient Starband

Iridium

Motient

Starband

ISP BK’s Jato Comm. Internet Connect Voalris

Other BK’s GST Telecomm. (TWTC now) Logix Communications Enterprises (out of bk) Exodus Communications (C&W then Savvis) Network Plus StarNet (MegaPOP) Globix Teligent 2 nd Century

GST Telecomm. (TWTC now)

Logix Communications Enterprises (out of bk)

Exodus Communications (C&W then Savvis)

Network Plus

StarNet (MegaPOP)

Globix

Teligent

2 nd Century

UNE-P Success = TRRO Trouble Supra - gone Z-Tel - gone Momentum – trying new things McLeod – BK twice ITC – now Deltacom giving away the store Birch – BK twice IDS – trying VoIP Granite – UNE-P wholesaler AT&T and MCI --> sold out to RBOC’s

Supra - gone

Z-Tel - gone

Momentum – trying new things

McLeod – BK twice

ITC – now Deltacom giving away the store

Birch – BK twice

IDS – trying VoIP

Granite – UNE-P wholesaler

AT&T and MCI --> sold out to RBOC’s

MVNO = UNE-P ? ESPN Mobile Amp’ed

Does free work? Bluelight.com FreeI NetZero AOL Muni wi-fi

Bluelight.com

FreeI

NetZero

AOL

Muni wi-fi

Does Unlimited VoIP Work? SunRocket Vonage

Going Private Avaya Alltel Chrysler

Did We Learn Anything? Or are we destined for a repeat of 2000?

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