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I was relying on an article which crossed my desk a few weeks ago, and now I can't find it again. My apologies if my memory failed me; it wouldn't be the first time. >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 8:43 PM >To: Peter Leppik >Subject: Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom > >>carriers. Qwest also bought a boatload of fiber from Williams Pipeline >>Co. some time ago, and signed a contract with Williams which locked >>Williams out of the business of deploying new fiber until early 1998 >>(Williams runs fiber through unused oil and gas pipelines, having >>discovered that fiber optics is more of a growth industry than >>schlepping around fermented dinosaurs). > >That is most bizarre. Williams has been in the fiber business for >ages, their fiber subsidiary was Wiltel which was the 4th or 5th >largest IXC by volume (mostly resold to other carriers) when it was >sold and merged into LDDS/Worldcom in early 1995. Are you saying that >after they spun off Wiltel, Williams went back into the fiber >stringing business? > >-- >John R. Levine, IECC, POB 640 Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 387 6869 >[email protected], Village Trustee and Sewer Commissioner, >http://iecc.com/johnl, >Finger for PGP key, f'print = 3A 5B D0 3F D9 A0 6A A4 2D AC 1E 9E A6 36 A3 >47
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