[10876] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nikos Mouat)
Wed Jul 16 19:35:43 1997
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:18:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nikos Mouat <nikm@ixa.net>
To: Scott Landman <Scott_Landman@zd.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <082564D6.0078B116.00@mailer.zd.com>
If you're suggesting that Qwest is the only carrier using railroad right
of ways I suggest you take a closer look at those little orange posts
running along the side of train tracks.. I've seen MCI, Worldcom, AT&T,
sprint and others running along the same tracks from Seattle to
Portland.
nm
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 of
> ways and, therefore, should be less succeptible to a backhoe digging where
> it shouldn't be? Or are you looking at other, more secure mediums for the
> bulk of your traffic?
