Japan's NTT Com To Buy Verio

[David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>]

TOKYO, JAPAN, 2000 MAY 8 (NB) -- By Adam Creed,  
Newsbytes. NTT Communications Corp., the long distance 
and international operator of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 
Corp. (NTT) [TOKYO:9432], says it has signed a definitive 
agreement to purchase all the shares of US-based Web site 
and e-commerce hosting company, Verio Inc. 

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$5.5 billion 
over 525,000 domain names  
the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses. 
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So, what will it mean operationally?
Spamwise?




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