Re: Abilene, NGI, Internet2:. How's it going?
Stephen, you asked recently (#111) how the I2 and NGI initiatives were going. Read this snip, and the remainder of the story (url below) and draw your own conclusions. The larger story is not about Abilene, it's about "paying customers." Which do you think are getting priority? Anyhow, they are all in deep dodo right now, and it's not only this carrier. QWST, in fact, from my own clients' experiences has been doing rather well, compared to some of the other so called fiber barons, lately. But not better than the characterization the article depicts. It's getting rough out there.
From: cnn.com
"But even some high-profile custom orders seem to be falling through. For
example, Qwest is the carrier for the Abilene Project, a high-speed research
network linking dozens of universities that was announced by Vice President
Al Gore last year. Qwest has had "execution and delivery problems getting
many of the schools their promised OC-3 links, with some that have placed
orders as long ago as February still waiting, says Jeff Crowder, project
director for communications network services at Virginia Tech University.
A Qwest spokesman says the Abilene orders are taking an average of three
months but concedes some have fallen behind because of internal provisioning
issues or delays from local carriers. |
