Re: Wiltel has gone pink.

[Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net>]

Hello,

You are aware Wiltel was acquired by Level(3) some time ago? Going to 
www.wiltel.com would tell you this.



On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Jo Rhett 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.

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