To: Buckey who wrote (90117 ) 8/11/2001 6:53:36 PM From: StocksDATsoar Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 150070 ANOTHER ONE OF MY DSL COMPANIES BITES THE DUST. ROTFLMAO Dear XXXX XXXXXXXX, We are saddened to hear that Rhythms NetConnections, one of our major partners who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, has elected to cease operations and liquidate its assets. We have received a 30-day disconnection notice, the minimum required by law. While the network may continue to operate beyond 30 days, we are assured that it will not shut down before September 10th. Our sympathy goes out to all the great people we have met at Rhythms.They are the greatest victims of this catastrophe. This 30 day grace period should allow us enough time to transition most Rhythms customers to alternate providers with minimal, if any, service interruptions. We have been working for weeks on migration options for almost all our customers. We are devoting all of our resources to making this transfer as smooth as possible.WE WILL PAY ALL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE TRANSFER AND MAINTAIN YOUR EMAIL SERVICES INDEFINITELY AND WITHOUT CHARGE. We have also made special arrangements with these alternate providers to have faster access to their tech support and customer service agents to help you with any provisioning problems that may arise. We will work throughout the weekend to process all orders and will send you an email message containing the details of your specific arrangements no later than Monday. IF YOU DO NOT WANT US TO ARRANGE FOR AN ALTERNATE PROVIDER, PLEASE REPLY TO THIS E MAIL AND TELL US. While no national wholesale DSL providers remain in operation, there is a growing consortium of financially solvent local and regional carriers that together cover much of the nation. That group offers higher quality service, and will only grow stronger with time. DSLi has launched an aggressive networking campaign to establish partnerships with the best of this growing group of providers. Please know that DSLi is debt free and financially sound. We started offering ISP services over 5 years ago, and are committed to continuing to provide the highest level of service for a very long time. Again, we thank you for your patronage. Sincerely,