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Re: Am I the bonehead or is it SprintLink?
From: Brian Horvitz <horvitz () nsa shore net>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 13:17:03 -0400
Could be that they physically handle full and partial T1 circuits on different facilities. I would imagine that Sprint brings in many circuits on a large trunk so, to avoid the interruption of moving one end of the circuit which could take it down for hours while the telco does their work, they just install a new circuit and the customer does a cutover. Brian At 12:43 PM 9/16/97 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 09:11:52AM -0700, Ehud Gavron wrote:We currently have SprintLink T-1 service. We have very low
utilization on
that link, and so save money we requested to be downgraded to 256K. Well, BellSouth just showed up to install our "new" T-1 to SprintLink.
Huh?
I told them to go away until I had more information. Is SprintLink being a bonehead or am I just totally clueless?Downgrading? There's no such thing. Upgrading service is common and installation charges are often waived. Downgrading means you requested a new install of a 256K circuit. Now you could try and specify that they use the same span, but your salesperson is unlikely to want to do that -- because it cause MORE paperwork for them for a lesser return.IOW, Sprint _is_ being a bonehead. No, he did _not_ request an install of a new 256K circuit. No, downgrading does _not_ mean that. My suggection would be, if they're going to be that stupid, and you have to have a new circuit installed anyway... get it from someone else. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth
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