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Re: Curiosity about AS3356 L3/CenturyLink network resiliency (in general)


From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 12:47:01 -0700

On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 12:33 PM Rubens Kuhl <rubensk () gmail com> wrote:

CenturyLink bought Level 3, which bought Global Crossing, which bought
Impsat; this makes every market unique, for the good and bad of it.

What I have as a customer feeling is that Global Crossing was the most
quality-minded of the 4, while the other 3 is/were more "take what we give
you and shut up".
that might be a thing related to the time when GC was around individually
though, right?
they could have been considered 'boutique' network provider at the time...
The L3/GC merger was ~10 yrs ago? much has changed in the carrier space
since...
being bigger dpesn't often make companies higher touch :)


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