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Their acctg issues are widely known, as well as their 99 pricing in 2001. Hook up with a customer of theirs as a provider and let the provider duke it out with em. A lot of folks like to dual home with Sprint and UUnet, and that solution does get you a lot from a networking perspective. Bri On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, chuck goolsbee wrote: > > >transit prices have been in free fall, and worldcom has not been following > >them downward. however, after the cleansing ritual of chapter 11, i think > >they will be in a fine position to reset their per-megabit charges in ways > >that make them a compelling transit provider. their network's been great. > >-- > >Paul Vixie > > > Yes, the network is, and always has been great. (well, except for > that one little blip a couple of weeks ago...) In our seven year > relationship we were always impressed with the the NOC staff and > support group at UUnet. > > However auditing their invoices was always an exercise in > frustration. Circuits that were long-ago cancelled re-appearing time > and time again, blatant overcharges, completely incomprehensible > account number changes. I used to think it was incompetence or > confusion caused by growth and acquisitions (having some personal > experience with the latter.) I guess it has been recently revealed as > felonious behavior. I'd be a fool to go down that path again. > > I'm sorry to say but, I'll be officiating ice hockey games in hell > before doing business with UUnet again. > > -- > > Chuck Goolsbee V.P. Technical Operations > _________________________________________________________________ > digital.forest Phone: +1-877-720-0483, x2001 > where Internet solutions grow Int'l: +1-425-483-0483 > 19515 North Creek Parkway Fax: +1-425-482-6871 > Suite 208 http://www.forest.net > Bothell, WA 98011 email: [email protected] >
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