Per Request, I'm going to go ahead and list a summary of the points regarding my request for reference about Broadwing. It's sure to draw fire and I apologize to *everybody* for that in advance. The following list is not fully comfirmed, however, the points have been re-iterated on several occasion among the sixty or so emails that I have received regard my request for a reference: Tier-2 Network shooting for Tier-1 Merger between IXC and Cincinatti Bell Originally focused as a LD voice network OC192 circuits focused for voice service Internet Peering structure still infant No MAE peering. Only private peering. One year old. Original COO moved to InterNAP. Similar staffing scenarios as GLBX. - Loss of Top & Mid Level Technical Staff - Staff churning in Sales & Tech Resells dial-up service for Ziplink Please feel free to point out any inaccuracies (I know you all will anyways). Tried to keep to the facts here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, Karyn Ulriksen Director of Network Operations PublicHost, A SiteStream Company 22 Mauchly, Suite 200 Irvine, California 92618 USA Phone: (949) 743-2000 email: kulriksen@publichost.com URL: http://www.publichost.com ===========================================