[108499] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: contracts and survivability of telecom sector
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue Oct 7 10:45:12 2008
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:20 BST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:45:07 -0400
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On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:20 BST, michael.dillon@bt.com said:
> In general, your upstream providers' operational networks
> and you, the customer connected to that operational network,
> are considered to be valuable assets so if a company falls
> into Chapter 11, there is a good chance that another company
> will acquire the assets. At the operational level, this is
> practically invisible until they start to consolidate data
> centers, prune unprofitable customers, etc.
One special case to consider - your provider gets taken over, and the new owner
regrooms the combined fiber networks, such that formerly physically diverse
paths no longer are...
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