[32780] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadwing Summary
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex)
Tue Dec 12 20:06:40 2000
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:05:41 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: Alex <alex@nac.net>
To: Karyn Ulriksen <kulriksen@publichost.com>
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"'list@inet-access.net'" <list@inet-access.net>
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> Tier-2 Network shooting for Tier-1
Lord only knows what that means.
> Merger between IXC and Cincinatti Bell
Yep.
> Originally focused as a LD voice network
Who wasn't?
> OC192 circuits focused for voice service
That'd be 129,000 voice paths, which is a lot. They are somewhat
revolutionary with the Corvis deployment they are doing.
> Internet Peering structure still infant
Everyone's peering is, all the time.
> No MAE peering. Only private peering.
No. Wrong.
> One year old.
IXC is quite older than one year.
> Original COO moved to InterNAP.
Bad move, IMHO.
> Similar staffing scenarios as GLBX.
This I don't know.
> - Loss of Top & Mid Level Technical Staff
Who hasn't?
> - Staff churning in Sales & Tech
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> Resells dial-up service for Ziplink
Not anymore.
I'm not defending Broadwing, but the above with pretty wrong..
