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How's Level3? Anyone else have any good/bad experiences with them? Best, joe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Hannigan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:21 PM > Subject: Re: DS3 Ordering Experiences > > > > > > At 02:59 PM 2/22/2001 -0500, Andy Dills wrote: > > > > > > >This might help some people ordering DS3s from UUnet in the future, so > > >I'll post it here for the archives. > > > > > >We ordered a DS3 to UUnet last July, and after several blown FOC dates, > we > > >finally started passing packets last night. (And man, nothing like 2 ms > > >latency and being able to measure downloads in MB/s.) Thank god the > > >circuit is quality, or this would be an entirely different post. > > > > > >UUnet was amazingly slow: 7+ months to terminate a DS3 to Frederick, MD, > > >50 miles north of their world headquarters. > > > > > > [ snip ] > > > > > > Remember that post I made a bit back that was supposed to be a personal > > note regarding > > an OC12? > > > > I have my OC12 with an FOC of March 15, 10 days ahead of my six weeks. I > > also have a lot of confidence in the ability to deliver it on time. > > > > It took me awhile, but the part about being the squeaky wheel is very true > and > > accurate. Sucks, but that's the way it is. > > > > Sorry for posting so much today. Ahem. Last One. > > > > > > -M > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Martin Hannigan [email protected] > > Fugawi Networks Engineering > > Boston, MA http://www.fugawi.net > > Ph: 617.742.2693 Fax: 617.742.2300 > > > > > > > >
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