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I have a Level-3 OC-3 in Miami. So far they have proved to be more stable than my other 2 upstreams. Never had a problem with their helpdesk either! Regards, ---------------------------------------------- Joel Perez <[email protected]> | IP Engineer http://www.ntera.net/ | Ntera 305.914.3412 >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Rick Ernst [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:33 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Tier-1 without their own backbone? >> >> >> >>We are sending out feelers for adding an additional DS-3, or possibly frac >>OC-3. One of the responses came back with "we won't be competive with >><provider> because they don't have their own backbone. >> >>Is there a cross-reference for provider vs network backbone, or is this >>just >>something that we have to ask each provider for? I "assume" that UU, >>Sprint, >>and AT&T are self-owned backbones, but others... ? >> >>One of the providers we are looking at is Level-3. Any comments good/bad >>on >>reliability and clue? We already have UU, Sprint, and AT&T. I also >>realize >>that the "they suck less" list changes continuously... :) >> >>Thanks, >>Rick >>
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