RE: Tier-1 without their own backbone?

[Sean Crandall <sean () megapath net>]

> 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.
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