UUNET
31st at 11:58 p.m EST for $12.4 Billion
1997 - Usenet death penalty (UDP) issued against UUNET, and lifted a week later
1998 - On September 15, WorldCom and MCI announced their US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom after being given the go-ahead from the DoJ.
1998 - WorldCom acquires CompuServe Network Services from H&R Block and ANS Communications from AOL. Both become part of UUNET in 1999.
1999 - On October 5th, MCI Worldcom announces its intentions to buy Sprint for $129 Billion.
2000 - The European Commission and DOJ denied the MCI WorldCom / Sprint merger on Anti-Trust Grounds.
1987 - UUNET Communications Services を開始。CompuServeネットワーク間にUUCP通信を提供開始
1989 - 商業会社化
1990 - AlterNet サービスを開始
1991 - Commercial Internet Exchange Association に設立メンバーとして参加
1994 - マイクロソフトは 1億6400万ドルを支払う。これはUUNETの15%のシェア
1995 - 5月、UUNETはNASDAQ株式市場に新規株式公募として上場。ドットコム景気の要因の1つとなった
1995 - UUNET Technologies Inc places a takeover bid against Unipalm Pipex.
1996 - UUNET Technologies agreed to a merger with the Microsoft backed MSF Communications Company.
1996 - Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS) acquires UUNET for $2 Billion
1996 - WorldCom acquires MFS on New Years Eve - Dec.