RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

[Todd Wilkens <TWilkens () gridnet com>]

I believe Worldcom owns the majority of their fiber and I think all three
lease fiber from Qwest.  Qwest has fiber in the ground nation wide.  I just
don't know how much is lit.

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> From:  Charles Sprickman[SMTP:spork () inch com]
> Sent:  Wednesday, July 16, 1997 7:18 PM
> To:    Scott Landman
> Cc:    nathan () netrail net; bnite () tremere ios com; mpearson () games-online com;
> nanog () merit edu
> Subject:       Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
>
> On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Scott Landman wrote:
>
> > If fibers being cut is the culprit here, does going with a supplier like
> > Qwest make sense because their fibers are running down railroad right of
>
> I was under the impression that there was one fiber giant that actually
> owns its own fiber, and that its name is AT&T...  Who is Qwest???  
>
> Anyone have any stats on how much MCI, Sprint, WCom actually own?
>
> Charles
>
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