Comments on: More metro for Level 3 http://gigaom.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/ The Business of Technology Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Level 3 Exec Shakeup Raises Concerns — Layoffs Coming? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-865087 Level 3 Exec Shakeup Raises Concerns — Layoffs Coming? - GigaOM Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:31:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-865087 <p>[...] backbone services company said today. His exit raises questions about Level 3 in general and the state of multiple acquisitions made by the company over the past couple of years. It also makes one wonder about company’s CEO succession plans. [...]</p> [...] backbone services company said today. His exit raises questions about Level 3 in general and the state of multiple acquisitions made by the company over the past couple of years. It also makes one wonder about company’s CEO succession plans. [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94426 Om Malik Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:49:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94426 <p>Well, that is true. I agree, Level 3 is trying their best to become an enterprise/metro services player. May take a few months, but they are damn serious about it.</p> Well, that is true. I agree, Level 3 is trying their best to become an enterprise/metro services player. May take a few months, but they are damn serious about it.

]]> By: nopzor http://gigaom.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94425 nopzor Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:20:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94425 <p>Ever since they acquired Looking Glass Networks, Level(3) has been an important vendor of ours..</p> <p>They've certainly had a bunch of integration problems and issues, but they do have a very nice IP network, with a lot of capacity and a lot of eyeballs...</p> <p>These latest moves are certainly in line with their spree of metro acquisitions. Their financials speak for themselves, but if they can pull it off, and rally up LVLT they are in a very interesting position for sure....</p> <p>I wasn't aware that Yipes actually had significant fiber assets. Didn't they lease a lot of their fiber from Level(3)?</p> Ever since they acquired Looking Glass Networks, Level(3) has been an important vendor of ours..

They’ve certainly had a bunch of integration problems and issues, but they do have a very nice IP network, with a lot of capacity and a lot of eyeballs…

These latest moves are certainly in line with their spree of metro acquisitions.
Their financials speak for themselves, but if they can pull it off, and rally up LVLT they are in a very interesting position for sure….

I wasn’t aware that Yipes actually had significant fiber assets. Didn’t they lease a lot of their fiber from Level(3)?

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94428 Om Malik Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:25:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94428 <p>Mike,</p> <p>well you can clearly see that at the end of the day, they are a wholesale bandwidth company and the mind set is going to be wholesale.</p> <p>the data center business is part of what they have been doing for a long time, so i am a little surprised.</p> <p>will keep you in the loop</p> Mike,

well you can clearly see that at the end of the day, they are a wholesale bandwidth company and the mind set is going to be wholesale.

the data center business is part of what they have been doing for a long time, so i am a little surprised.

will keep you in the loop

]]> By: Mike D. http://gigaom.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94427 Mike D. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:02:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/level3-att-metro-network/#comment-94427 <p>As a customer who JUST migrated our entire data center to a Level-3-acquired company in Seattle last week, I can say that so far, service and communication could not be any worse. It's off-the-charts bad so far. Wish we would have never moved. I've heard that the <em>actual</em> Level3 data centers operated by Level3 people are great, but unbeknownst to me, we were placed in one of the newly acquired locations instead. One week after we experienced almost an entire day of downtime, still no answers.</p> As a customer who JUST migrated our entire data center to a Level-3-acquired company in Seattle last week, I can say that so far, service and communication could not be any worse. It’s off-the-charts bad so far. Wish we would have never moved. I’ve heard that the actual Level3 data centers operated by Level3 people are great, but unbeknownst to me, we were placed in one of the newly acquired locations instead. One week after we experienced almost an entire day of downtime, still no answers.

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