Re: C&W Network

[Jeffrey Meltzer <meltzer () villageworld com>]

We switched months ago.  They're migrating anyone still on the old CWIX
backbone to what they built upon when they bought MCI's network, as far as
I remember.  But, we did this a while ago.

It's been fine....

On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:09:34PM -0500, Moe Allen typed:
> 06.07.01
>
> Well, after another great phone call with the Cable & Wireless staff, I have
> to agree with Sean.  C&W is now informing their ISP's with T1 connections
> that C&W is going to be disconnecting the T1's that are currently being used
> and "Cut Over" to a much better C&W (New) network. C&W will setup a time
> that this is going to occur.
>
> As the conversation goes,  this is going to be a much faster and better
> network.  Since C&W provides us with our T1 backbone, I had to ask.  What is
> going on?  Is this (New) network,  going to just be an ATM circuit or what?
> It appears that no one has an answer.  They were just told to contact us or
> in our case this was a letter in our statement, which indicated we needed to
> contact C&W, ASAP.  It went on to say, in so many words, failure to contact
> C&W could cause the "Cut Over" to occur,  without notice.
>
> After what has occurred this week, it really makes you worry.  What is C&W
> up to?  And is this going to be good for my business?  Or, we're going to
> get the shaft, as the song goes.  Anyone else heard anything about this New
> and Improved, faster network that C&W is telling us about?
>
> Just a thought...
> Morris Allen
> VidcomNet, Inc.

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