Re: Tier-1 without their own backbone?

["John Palmer" <nanog () adns net>]

I hear that Level 3 is good but do they handle small stuff like T-1? 
We may be looking to dual-home soon and will be looking around.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Crandall" <sean () megapath net>
To: "'Rick Ernst'" <erond () legendz com>; <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 15:48
Subject: RE: Tier-1 without their own backbone?


> > One of the providers we are looking at is Level-3.  Any 
> > comments good/bad on
> > reliability and clue?  We already have UU, Sprint, and AT&T.  
> > I also realize
> > that the "they suck less" list changes continuously... :)
>
> I have about 5 GB of IP transit connections from Level3 across 8 markets
> (plus using their facilities for our backbone).  Level3 has been very solid
> on the IP transit side.  
>
> MFN/AboveNet has also been very good to us.
>
> -Sean
>
> Sean P. Crandall
> VP Engineering Operations
> MegaPath Networks Inc.
> 6691 Owens Drive
> Pleasanton, CA  94588
> (925) 201-2530 (office)
> (925) 201-2550 (fax)