[NANOG] Level3 not honoring Broadwing contracts?

Tue Apr 29 15:18:07 UTC 2008

On 29 Apr 2008, at 10:09 , Chris Owen wrote:

> It was clear from the conversation that he never considered for a
> moment that we might actually pay the new rate.  He just assumed we
> were gone as soon as it happened.  Obviously I don't have a business
> degree because I don't understand the business model of buying up
> business and then going out of your way to chase off their customers.
> The Level3 higher ups must see something I don't.

 From recent threads, the increasing price of power and cooling makes  
me think that colo providers would far rather have half the tenants  
paying double the price than have to retrofit facilities that are full  
to meet increasing demands for watts in and out.

Joe