Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Is Rochester Telephone Also a Long Distance Carrier? Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 16:29:40 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Performance Systems International, Inc. Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 183, Message 3 of 12 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu >I'm assuming that RCI leases capacity from other carriers for their >network. >For those who don't know, Rochester Tel now owns 250ish small >telephone companies around the country. RCI owns their own facilities throughout New York State (mostly digital microwave) and in fact is pretty dense (ie they have a lot of cities and towns covered with their own POPs). They also have POPs in places like Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, DC, Hartford, Newark etc, which have a mixture of owned and leased facilities, Boston,Chicago,DC represent the farthest extent of their "network". The center of their IXC web is New York State. They have even built fiber facilities and done lease back arrangements. For instance Rochester to Chicago was originally built by them but is now owned by Litel. RCI is one of the IXC's that PSINet uses to co-locate in. They provide quality leased line service, and are good people to work with. Marty