CenturyLink/Level3 feedback

Fri Jul 5 19:12:42 UTC 2019

Just out of curiosity, what network are they bringing you up on?

- Mike Bolitho

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 12:11 PM Stephen Frost <sfrost at snowman.net> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I have to admit that I was hoping to be able to report to this list that
> CL was able to spin up a new 1G in fairly short order (after all, this
> is what they assured me of when discussing it with them...) but it's now
> been over a month, with them telling me it'll be another couple weeks
> because they need to send a tech out (the wiring and all of the
> equipment has been ready to go, though that also took longer than it
> should have imv...).
>
> And this in an already lit building in northern Virginia, not some back
> of the woods location, small town, or something going across an ocean.
>
> Pretty disappointing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> * Mike Hammett (nanog at ics-il.net) wrote:
> > Anything more than a week for things not requiring last mile
> construction is ridiculous.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> >
> > Midwest Internet Exchange
> >
> > The Brothers WISP
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "JASON BOTHE via NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
> > To: "Mehmet Akcin" <mehmet at akcin.net>
> > Cc: "nanog" <nanog at nanog.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 9:56:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: CenturyLink/Level3 feedback
> >
> > It’s taking over a year to get waves turned up in EU. I’m currently
> willing to wager on what comes up first, them or amazon peering (that’s
> taking just as long). After the merger, we have seen Level3 slide into the
> CL abyss becoming a pain to deal with. Pricing and ordering has been
> outsourced we’ve been told and decisions are no longer at a regional level.
> Frustrating at best.
> >
> > > On Jun 4, 2019, at 09:30, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet at akcin.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > hi there,
> > >
> > > Just a general high-level question about Centurylink/Level3
> post-merger, how is your overall experience with CenturyLink? if you could
> be sitting with the CEO of the company what is one thing you would ask him
> to fix?
> > >
> > > please keep it high level and general. i intend to pass these to him
> and his team in an upcoming meeting.
> > >
> > > Mehmet
> >
> >
>
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