[10902] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Wilkens)
Thu Jul 17 09:14:38 1997
From: Todd Wilkens <TWilkens@gridnet.com>
To: Scott Landman <Scott_Landman@zd.com>, "'Nikos Mouat'" <nikm@ixa.net>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:51:11 -0400
There are many common fiber routes that all the carriers are in. Worldcom
has much of it's fiber along or in pipelines.
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>From: Nikos Mouat[SMTP:nikm@ixa.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 7:18 PM
>To: Scott Landman
>Cc: nanog@merit.edu
>Subject: Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
>
>
>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?
>
>
