On 24/09/2020 22:07, Paul Cairney wrote: > Im sure other will have better recollections of the acquisition > history, but mine suggests the origin of these routes was > > Lumen < CenturyLink < Level3 < Global Crossings < Racal Telecom < BR > Telecommunications
Yup, that's corroborated by my understanding (also, Charlie's pop quiz says as much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I3XxniJdh8). At $job-1, we relied quite heavily on Level3/CenturyLink to get a data centre in York (YO26 6BL) connected to the rest of the world. Being near to the East Coast Main Line was quite advantageous in that part of the country. (Except when Network Rail's contractors dumped 20kton of ballast on the side of the tracks, including on top of the comms ducting, which wasn't even sunk, ergo why they thought it could survive that weight I do not know. They didn't move it quickly either, and of course "force majeure".) -- Tom
