[89399] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Wiltel has gone pink.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew2@one.net)
Mon Mar 13 16:05:52 2006
From: <andrew2@one.net>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:05:25 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20060313205411.GC82432@svcolo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
owner-nanog@merit.edu wrote:
> This morning we have started receive an abundance of spam
> from Wiltel customers, pointing boldly back to websites
> hosted in Wiltel space.
>
> OrgAbuseHandle: WAC18-ARIN
> OrgAbuseName: Wiltel Abuse Contact
> OrgAbusePhone: +1-918-547-2000
> OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@wiltel.com
>
> Messages to abuse@wiltel.com are being rejected.
>
> This phone number goes to their "conferencing group", which
> doesn't know what 'abuse' is, or even what an IP network is.
>
> I went through 4 levels of management, and was informed that
> they no longer had an abuse team -- that this was disbanded
> in a recent reorganization.
>
> In short, it would appear that Wiltel is now selling pink contracts.
Or perhaps there's a more reasonable explanation like being assimilated
with Level3 and perhaps some contact info. is a little stale at this
point in the merger process... Never attribute to malfeasance what can
be explained by everyday corporate beauracracy.
Andrew Cruse
