RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

[Todd Wilkens <TWilkens () gridnet com>]

There are many common fiber routes that all the carriers are in.  Worldcom
has much of it's fiber along or in pipelines.

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> From:  Nikos Mouat[SMTP:nikm () ixa net]
> Sent:  Wednesday, July 16, 1997 7:18 PM
> To:    Scott Landman
> Cc:    nanog () merit edu
> Subject:       Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
>
>
> If you're suggesting that Qwest is the only carrier using railroad right
> of ways I suggest you take a closer look at those little orange posts
> running along the side of train tracks.. I've seen MCI, Worldcom, AT&T,
> sprint and others running along the same tracks from Seattle to
> Portland.
>
> nm
>
> 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
> > ways and, therefore, should be less succeptible to a backhoe digging
> where
> > it shouldn't be?  Or are you looking at other, more secure mediums for
> the
> > bulk of your traffic?