Broadwing Summary Revised

[Karyn Ulriksen <kulriksen () publichost com>]

The points below are a revision of the original Broadwing Summary posted at
NANOG.  As mentioned below, these points are unconfirmed any information on
inaccuracies are welcome.  Of note:  The items listed below aren't "bad" or
"good".  If there is any slant towards a good or bad, it's because we focus
on colocation and web farming and there are certain key points that we look
out for in a NSP for our organization.

So here is the revised summary of "factoids" (notice, not facts but
*factoids*):

        Tier-2 Network shooting for Tier-1
        Merger between IXC and Cincinatti Bell
        Originally focused as a LD voice network
        OC192 circuits focused for voice service
        Internet Peering structure still infant
        <DELETE:  No MAE peering.  Only private peering.>  ## REVISED
                MAE peering does exist.
        One year old.
        Original COO moved to InterNAP.
        Similar staffing scenarios as GLBX.
          - Loss of Top & Mid Level Technical Staff
          - Staff churning in Sales & Tech  
        <DELETE: Resells dial-up service for Ziplink >   ## REVISED
                Ziplink out of the picture.  


Best to all.  Let me know if anything else doesn't ring true.  Flaming isn't
necessary here, even though some wont feel that their day is complete unless
they do [but that's what delete keys are for, eh?]

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Best regards,

Karyn Ulriksen
Director of Network Operations
PublicHost, A SiteStream Company
22 Mauchly, Suite 200
Irvine, California  92618  USA
Phone: (949) 743-2000
email: kulriksen () publichost com
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