BOOM! there goes WorldCom

Thu Jul 17 12:49:26 UTC 1997

I believe Worldcom owns the majority of their fiber and I think all three
lease fiber from Qwest.  Qwest has fiber in the ground nation wide.  I just
don't know how much is lit.

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>From: 	Charles Sprickman[SMTP:spork at inch.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, July 16, 1997 7:18 PM
>To: 	Scott Landman
>Cc: 	nathan at netrail.net; bnite at tremere.ios.com; mpearson at games-online.com;
>nanog at merit.edu
>Subject: 	Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
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>On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Scott Landman wrote:
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>> If fibers being cut is the culprit here, does going with a supplier like
>> Qwest make sense because their fibers are running down railroad right of
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>I was under the impression that there was one fiber giant that actually
>owns its own fiber, and that its name is AT&T...  Who is Qwest???  
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>Anyone have any stats on how much MCI, Sprint, WCom actually own?
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>Charles
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