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RE: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

  • From: Todd Wilkens
  • Date: Thu Jul 17 08:58:17 1997

There are many common fiber routes that all the carriers are in.  Worldcom
has much of it's fiber along or in pipelines.

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>From: 	Nikos Mouat[SMTP:[email protected]]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, July 16, 1997 7:18 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?
>
>