Re: join the Internet Backbone

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () ibm net il>]

On Fri, 5 Apr 1996 00:25:47 -0500 (EST)  Avi Freedman wrote:
> We have a local, new, competitor who generally lies out his ass and also says 
> 'We are the Internet backbone.  Only we can offer you 100% Full Bandwidth'.
> They have a T1 to a provider with a T1 to MCI and a T1 to AGIS.  
>
> Of course, they claim to have 3 T3s and they claim that MAE-East an 
> unimportant private exchange point between AT&T and Sprint.
>
> And they solicit our customers, sigh.
>
> And someone with 2 T1s to Sprint has been saying "We are *the* Internet
> Backbone in South Jersey".

I think every area and country has their liars and charletons.  What you
say is nothing new.  You just have to keep plowing ahead and maintain 
a high level of service and connectivity and users will stay with you.
Those that switch will come back after the FBNs (Fly By Nights), turn
bellyup.

> Avi

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