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RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

  • From: Chris Fairbanks
  • Date: Wed Jul 16 20:18:44 1997 
Doesn't Sprint stand for Southern Pacific Railroad INTernational?

	Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Nikos Mouat [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 16, 1997 4:19 PM
> To:	Scott Landman
> Cc:	[email protected]
> Subject:	Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
> 
> 
> 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?