[11983] in North American Network Operators' Group
Multiple fiber carriers (was Re: Netrail woes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Tue Aug 26 13:30:50 1997
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:20:35 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@priori.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970825203635.14110C-100000@netrail.net> [9708.25]
I'll ignore Nathan's defense because IMHO it has no place
on this list, and get straight to the operational issues.
On Aug 25, Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net> wrote:
> P.S. We have also learned not be be dependent on Worldcom. We will soon
> buy our DS3s from 3 fibers carriers, and not just 1.
I'd assume that everybody is currently either already doing
this or planning to do it RSN. How can one tell, however,
whether their carrier is using their own fiber or leasing
Worldcom's? Or even if Worldcom has been leasing /theirs/,
thus putting you right back on the same physical line?
I know this is a pretty common topic of discussion among
the smaller telcos, but AFAIK there's no easy solution.
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