Doesn't Sprint stand for Southern Pacific Railroad INTernational? Chris
-----Original Message----- From: Nikos Mouat [SMTP:nikm@ixa.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 4:19 PM To: Scott Landman Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
If you're suggesting that Qwest is the only carrier using railroad right of ways I suggest you take a closer look at those little orange posts running along the side of train tracks.. I've seen MCI, Worldcom, AT&T, sprint and others running along the same tracks from Seattle to Portland.
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On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Scott Landman wrote:
If fibers being cut is the culprit here, does going with a supplier like Qwest make sense because their fibers are running down railroad right of ways and, therefore, should be less succeptible to a backhoe digging where it shouldn't be? Or are you looking at other, more secure mediums for the bulk of your traffic?
At 17:05 -0700 7/16/97, Chris Fairbanks wrote:
Doesn't Sprint stand for Southern Pacific Railroad INTernational?
When I was given the grand tour in Kansas City, I was told "Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Technology (Group)." But then again, what do HR people know? I wonder if Sprint ever bought and moved airports that were in the way a la MCI. Jim Browne jbrowne@jbrowne.com "She may be good for nothing, but she's not bad for nothing." - Mae West
At 5:05 PM -0700 7/16/97, Chris Fairbanks wrote:
Doesn't Sprint stand for Southern Pacific Railroad INTernational?
Sprint was born when Southern Pacific spun off SP Communications, aka SPC, (I believe to GTE). The name was then changed to Sprint. I don't think SPC had any fiber back then - i remember the voice circuits were very noisy. But you're pretty correct, SPC was using railroad right-of-way for communications signalling - originally for SP's internal voice/data network, and then began selling excess capacity. -- Rusty Hodge <rusty@hodge.com>, San Francisco
On Wed, Jul 16, 1997 at 05:05:46PM -0700, Chris Fairbanks wrote:
Doesn't Sprint stand for Southern Pacific Railroad INTernational?
Souther Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications, as I heard it<tm>. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "People propose, science studies, technology Tampa Bay, Florida conforms." -- Dr. Don Norman +1 813 790 7592
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