[BULK] Verizon exiting California

Tue Aug 4 00:27:40 UTC 2015

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That now explains why they were talking about ATM exchanges and DS3 international links... 

Speaking of Frontier peering... does anyone have a contact over there? They haven't responded to my e-mail. I didn't send more than one (I think) because I didn't want to be annoying. Some may call that an impossible task. 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

Midwest Internet Exchange 
http://www.midwest-ix.com 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Adam Rothschild" <asr at latency.net> 
To: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> 
Cc: nanog at nanog.org 
Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 1:37:11 PM 
Subject: Re: [BULK] Verizon exiting California 

An additional advantage for Frontier customers, post acquisition: 

http://ipadmin.frontier.com/bilateralpeering_policy.pdf 
http://www.verizonenterprise.com/terms/peering/ 

$0.02, 
-a 

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> 
wrote: 

> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Matthew Black <Matthew.Black at csulb.edu> 
> wrote: 
> > I ran a few Google searches and came across a trove of complaints 
> against Frontier. Seems they are far worse than GTE/Verizon. On the few 
> occasions I have called for FIOS support, always reached someone 
> knowledgeable and helpful. Not looking forward to the changeover, as the 
> new owners have to pay off debts from their acquisition. That can only be 
> accomplished through rate increases. I see a Verizon tech outside my 
> kitchen window every two to three days as he replaces two nitrogen tanks 
> keeping copper trunks pressurized against water intrusion. 
> > 
> 
> though, on the positive side... maybe you'll see ipv6 on frontier fios 
> before the heat death of the universe? (*which is when vz fios folk 
> will see it, apparently). 
> 