North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: contracts and damages, was: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
On Thu, Jul 17, 1997 at 12:05:50PM +0000, William Allen Simpson wrote: > > From: Nathan Stratton <[email protected]> > > I know this, I have a copy of the DLRs. What I am saying is Worldcom > > changed the DLRs without letting us know, and now they all run over this > > fiber cut. We request a copy of the DLRs on ALL our links. We started > > this long ago when we had a MCI and Worldcom DS1 die because they went > > over the same fiber. > > > OK, sounds like you exercized due diligence. What kind of contract > language specified multiple paths for those 3 circuits you paid for? > > And how much liquidated damages for an outage did you specify? > > Could you please let us all know how long it takes for WorldCom to pay up? > > [email protected] > Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32 > [email protected] > Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2 Bingo. That's the correct solution to this kind of problem (a re-route under these circumstances, leading to an outage, should be *extremely* expensive for the company which undertakes it). -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 99 Analog numbers, 77 ISDN, http://www.mcs.net/ Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| NOW Serving 56kbps DIGITAL on our analog lines! Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal
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