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Re: [NANOG] Level3 not honoring Broadwing contracts?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Lyon)
Tue Apr 29 04:30:54 2008
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:30:43 -0400
From: "Jeffrey Lyon" <jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net>
To: up@3.am
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0804281931260.15446@richard2.pil.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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This sounds fairly accurate, it's all in how the contract is written.
Jeff
On 4/28/08, up@3.am <up@3.am> wrote:
>
> In 2006, I signed a 3 year contract with Broadwing for a 1 cabinet
> colocation with 6Mbs dedicated for under $1,000/mo. A few weeks ago,
> about halfway through this contract, I get a letter from Level 3's
> "Director of Colocation" that they are going to raise my price by several
> hundred dollars a month.
>
> I spoke with my new Level 3 rep, and he just notified me that their legal
> deparment confirms that all they have to do is give me 30 days notice to
> increase their price.
>
> This does not make sense to me. I am bound to a 3 year contract, where I
> have to pay them the rest of the term if I were to leave early, but they
> can jack up the price by 40-50% during that time, arbitrarily? I do not
> see that provision in my contract, and would rather avoid legal expenses
> if possible. Has anyone else had to deal with this sort of thing from
> Level 3?
>
> TIA,
>
> James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
> up@3.am http://3.am
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