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Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

  • From: Barry Shein
  • Date: Wed Jul 16 22:32:18 1997 
Isn't "SPRINT" an acronym for "Southern Pacific Railroad blah blah"?

On July 16, 1997 at 16:18 [email protected] (Nikos Mouat) wrote:
 > 
 > 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?

-- 
        -Barry Shein

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