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Re: CenturyLink in Advanced Talks to Merge With Level 3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Fri Oct 28 15:26:33 2016
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To: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>, Timothy Lister <incudie@gmail.com>
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:24:38 -0700
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Subject: Re: CenturyLink in Advanced Talks to Merge With Level 3
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On 10/28/16 12:18 PM, Mel Beckman wrote:
> Level3 hasn't even finished migrating its TWTelecom customers to the L3=
AS yes, and it's been years. So I don't think you can expect any faster =
transition for CL.=20
3549 still exists...
> -mel beckman
>
>> On Oct 28, 2016, at 2:16 PM, Timothy Lister <incudie@gmail.com> wrote:=
>>
>> So if this went through, how would it happen? Does 3356 (L3) absorb 20=
9's
>> (CL) infrastructure and slowly make customers change their peering con=
fig
>> to hit 3356 instead?
>>
>> You make a good point, I have at least a couple clients that peer to b=
oth
>> providers for redundancy. One of which just recently signed an agreeme=
nt
>> with CenturyLink for the sole purpose of fail over.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Re: CenturyLink in Advanced Talks to Merge With Level 3 Communications=
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>> Interweb is doomed
>> From: Jima <nanog@jima.us>
>> To: <nanog@nanog.org>
>>>>> On 10/27/2016 12:36, Nevin Gonsalves via NANOG wrote:
>>>>> :-)
>> http://www.wsj.com/articles/centurylink-in-advanced-talks-to-merge-wit=
h-level-3-communications-1477589011
>>
>>
>> This is great! Except for all of their mutual customers who had circui=
ts
>> from both for redundancy. (See also: Level 3's and TWTC's mutual
>> customers, and probably a long list of other M&A I'm not thinking of
>> off-hand.)
>>
>> OK, I lied about it being great anyway.
>>
>> Jima
>>
>>
>>
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>> Re: CenturyLink in Advanced Talks to Merge With Level 3 Communications=
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>> Interweb is doomed
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>> To: <nanog@nanog.org>
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