Now here is a question, what is WorldComm's Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for building facilities of OC-48 or larger. Since obviously they plan to distribute from plants like that, do they dual paths or something more elaborate [i.e. multiple collapsed rings, etc]. -Deepak. On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, J.D. Falk wrote:
I'd assume that everybody is currently either already doing this or planning to do it RSN. How can one tell, however, whether their carrier is using their own fiber or leasing Worldcom's? Or even if Worldcom has been leasing /theirs/, thus putting you right back on the same physical line?
It's one of the questions we ask prior to purchasing service. Just has MFS install a new ring and put in physically seperate paths to one of our facilities for just that reason. We made sure the paths were physically seperate when they did the install. We waited for them to bring fiber up the corridor prior to ordering service from them. Personally, I'd make sure it was in the contract that service was being provided on physically seperate media than the original carrier for a subsequent carrier, with redundant paths, etc. If it's a new business, I'd make carrier facilties part of the site survey. SONNET from multiple wirelines is good until you forget something like multiple paths to the facility, then Joe Backhoe Operator (JBO) will pick that single point of failure every darned time.
I know this is a pretty common topic of discussion among the smaller telcos, but AFAIK there's no easy solution.
Contracts and lawgeeks.
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