Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

[Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>]

Isn't "SPRINT" an acronym for "Southern Pacific Railroad blah blah"?

On July 16, 1997 at 16:18 nikm () ixa net (Nikos Mouat) wrote:
> 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?

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        -Barry Shein

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