CenturyLink/Level3 feedback

Fri Jul 5 19:38:12 UTC 2019

> On Jul 5, 2019, at 3:10 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.

Sometimes you’d be surprised, it may not be straightforward on their end.

Remember, most people here are likely experts at some part or many parts,
what we do is likely wizardry to others.

I have a saying you’re welcome to steal if you don’t steal it too much:

“We are moving at the speed the organization is capable”.  I suspect that’s
the case for them in a post-acquisition world trying to sort through all the
integration work. 

- Jared