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Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
From: "Dorian R. Kim" <dorian () blackrose org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 19:44:19 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Charles Sprickman wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Scott Landman wrote:If fibers being cut is the culprit here, does going with a supplier like Qwest make sense because their fibers are running down railroad right ofI was under the impression that there was one fiber giant that actually owns its own fiber, and that its name is AT&T... Who is Qwest???
All the major carriers, including AT&T, cross lease capacity and swap fibers with each other. It's not unusual to see things like Sprint fiber with Worldcom repeaters, and Worldcom fibers with Sprint repeaters. Carrier incest is alive and well, and no one is excepted, which makes diversity planning of physical plant difficult from a customer perspective. As for who Qwest is, you should check out http://www.qwest.net. Part of their former name might be more familiar, SP Construction Services. (SP as in Southern Pacific) -dorian
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- RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom, (continued)
- RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Steve Martin (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Sean M. Doran (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Landman (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Nathan Stratton (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Landman (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Peter Giza (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Nikos Mouat (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Barry Shein (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Charles Sprickman (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Dorian R. Kim (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Nathan Stratton (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Eric Wieling (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Perry E. Metzger (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom George Herbert (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Paul Trotter (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Perry E. Metzger (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Robert E. Seastrom (Jul 18)