FYI Fearghas --- begin forwarded text X-Sender: rah@ibuc.com Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:22:58 -0800 To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: Network traffic trading service shuts down (was Re: BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 12/18/00) At 9:01 AM -0500 on 12/18/00, BNA Highlights wrote:

NETWORK TRAFFIC TRADING SERVICE SHUT DOWN A Kenyan network trading service, which allowed ISPs to exchange local network traffic, has been shut down by the Communications Commission of Kenya. The Commission's actions uphold the monopoly held by the national Kenyan telecom carrier. http://www.kixp.net/kixp_fire.html

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