[46537] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Qwest Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Wed Apr 3 12:38:36 2002
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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 12:32:37 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
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At 04:36 PM 4/2/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Bear in mind that the financial situation at Qwest is bad.
Isn't that partially due to deals with Enron on which they
misrepresented sales numbers?
>We certainly know from experience that a major financial upheaval can
>affect operations at least indirectly (loss of management attention,
>budget cuts, deferred maintenance, cutbacks in monitoring and response
>systems, etc.). On the other hand, it's not a good idea to overreact
>to news like this. So I would proceed with due caution concerning Qwest
>transit. As a wise person once said, don't put all your routes in one
>pipe.
I wouldn't touch Qwest, based on the Enron issue, if nothing else.
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