As far as I know, neither CREN nor EARN has plans to terminate within 10 months. This is a purely canadian problems, and from what little I have been able to understand of the reasoning, it sounds like a political rather than technical one. Unless there is some fine print in the CA*NET contracts, I see no reason why canadian universities which do not want to lose BITNET connectivity could not get together and form some non-profit association which could then request CREN associate network status. It would seem counter-productive for CREN to refuse such an offer and force nodes off the network. All that is needed, it seems (again based on my very limited knowledge of the situation), is someone to actually come forward and start the ball rolling before it is too late. Eric