Re: Broadwing Summary

[Alex <alex () nac net>]

>       Tier-2 Network shooting for Tier-1

Lord only knows what that means.

>       Merger between IXC and Cincinatti Bell

Yep.

>       Originally focused as a LD voice network

Who wasn't?

>       OC192 circuits focused for voice service

That'd be 129,000 voice paths, which is a lot. They are somewhat
revolutionary with the Corvis deployment they are doing.

>       Internet Peering structure still infant

Everyone's peering is, all the time.

>       No MAE peering.  Only private peering.

No. Wrong.

>       One year old.

IXC is quite older than one year.

>       Original COO moved to InterNAP.

Bad move, IMHO.

>       Similar staffing scenarios as GLBX.

This I don't know.

>         - Loss of Top & Mid Level Technical Staff

Who hasn't?

>         - Staff churning in Sales & Tech  

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>       Resells dial-up service for Ziplink

Not anymore.


I'm not defending Broadwing, but the above with pretty wrong..