Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 26 May 91 03:11:41 EST From: "Barton F. Bruce" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: NYNEX Pops the MPOP Message-ID: Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 398, Message 6 of 10 Lines: 46 In article , 0004133373@mcimail.com (Donald E. Kimberlin) writes: > Planners and operators of industrial-strength data networks > with circuits terminating in the seven-state NYNEX area will soon > discover, if they have not, that NYNEX told the Interexchange carriers > (IECs) that they will no longer accept orders for inside wiring from > IECs effective with orders bernig due dates after May 24. You may want to ALSO note AT&T's NEW service I just recently got data on. They RENT T1s from 'someone' (may well NOT be the LEC) and install channel banks in YOUR building to provide you individual DS0 based circuits. This really targets those users with needs too small to justify their own T1s, and they needed at least five circuits worth of orders to start such a service up. This could be a small department in an otherwise datacomm savy big company. This is AT&T **BYPASSING** the LEC for you. The prices I saw were NOT as exciting as I thought they should be, but were less than an equivalent circuit through the LEC. But if a single user needs to get five, at that point a T1 is already paid for. That five may just be to get it in. Other tenants or departments can then add circuits one at a time. The real trick here is that the end user does NOT need to hassle with channelbank ownership. It is also possible, but I don't know if it is offered by AT&T, to get cards in the channel bank that take the v.35 or EIA-422 cable directly rather than needing twisted pair to a CSU/DSU for DDS. It also seemed as though only BIG buildings were being served at locations where BYPASS carriers were well established. They listed the few BUILDINGS currently served. A couple of examples: 111 Wall St. (CitiBank) Penatgon The 'who wires what for whom' in the last mile rules are changing. The LECs that were too greedy may yet get what they deserve (NO business).