[40425] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Covad, Chapter 11 !
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Wallingford)
Wed Aug 8 15:53:24 2001
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:51:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Wallingford <brian@meganet.net>
To: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
Cc: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
"Smith, Rick" <rsmith@atsworld.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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:> Ownership of the C/O and the last mile confers ILECs an unfair advantage
:> in this business
:
:I'd agree with that, but I think there's more to it than that. Cash
:management and order turnaround time play a big role in the success of a
:DLEC, too.
Bingo. Before everyone cries for the DLECs, many (including myself, a
card-carrying RBOC-basher) would argue that embarassingly poor cash
management was one of the most significant factors contributing to the
demise of the "big three".
-brian
