[10886] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Wed Jul 16 22:44:14 1997
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 22:27:26 -0400
From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
To: Nikos Mouat <nikm@ixa.net>
Cc: Scott Landman <Scott_Landman@zd.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970716161631.17703A-100000@pike.ixa.net>
Isn't "SPRINT" an acronym for "Southern Pacific Railroad blah blah"?
On July 16, 1997 at 16:18 nikm@ixa.net (Nikos Mouat) wrote:
>
> 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?
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