Verizon disconnects GlobalNAPs knocking out dialup in MA

Tue Apr 25 19:50:00 UTC 2006

Although dialup modem pools are a dying breed they are still very  
much in use around the country.   It appears that after many years of  
legal battles Verizon has decided to terminate all connections to  
GlobalNAPs in Massachusetts.  As you may or may not know,  GlobalNAPs  
handles a lot of dialup modem traffic, including my Tivo and a DS-3  
worth of my modems.  Billing dispute gone amuck,  I don't know who's  
right or who's wrong but thousands of customers are off-line now  
because of it.

Looks like it'll be a long night tonight :/

Anyone familiar with a Tekelec T7000/Taqua OCX switch and the maze of  
Verizon paperwork needed to finish getting it online?  Once my LRN is  
activated I can port my modem numbers to my own switch. If they could  
have just waited a couple of days.

-Matt

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Matthew S. Crocker
Vice President
Crocker Communications, Inc.
Internet Division
PO BOX 710
Greenfield, MA 01302-0710
http://www.crocker.com