[48742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: KPNQWEST cease operation?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil J. McRae)
Fri Jun 14 08:41:27 2002
In-Reply-To: <OF097CA40C.76B47D3F-ON80256BD8.003B24C9-80256BD8.003C257D@radianz.com> from "Michael.Dillon@radianz.com" at "Jun 14, 2002 11:56:43 am"
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:37:04 +0100 (BST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: neil@DOMINO.ORG (Neil J. McRae)
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> What I wonder is what they mean by "shutdown". If this means that the
> equipment is unplugged, then how many of these alternate providers will
> suddenly discover that they have a dependency on an Ebone SDH/SONET ADM or
> an Ebone DWDM box? If management at these alternate providers is just
> hunting through their databases looking for KPN/Qwest dependencies they
> probably won't see the complete picture. KQ only completed the Ebone
> acquisition back in March and about a year earlier, Ebone was doing
> business under the name GTS or Global Telesystems. Most people who bought
> wavelengths or leased lines from Ebone would have done it under those
> names and most of those companies were carriers or network operators.
>
> This could get interesting. Personally, I hope that the NOC employees in
> Brussels succeed in getting potential buyers to realize the value of a
> functioning cross-border fiber network that covers all of Europe.
>
Michael, I can't imagine a single carrier that doesn't know that
HER=GTS=EBONE=KQ. [Certainly by the volume of orders I've seen
somebody knows ! :D]
Regards,
Neil.
--
Neil J. McRae - Alive and Kicking
neil@DOMINO.ORG
