Level3 hasn't even finished migrating its TWTelecom customers to the L3 AS yes, and it's been years. So I don't think you can expect any faster transition for CL.
-mel beckman > On Oct 28, 2016, at 2:16 PM, Timothy Lister <incu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So if this went through, how would it happen? Does 3356 (L3) absorb 209's > (CL) infrastructure and slowly make customers change their peering config > to hit 3356 instead? > > You make a good point, I have at least a couple clients that peer to both > providers for redundancy. One of which just recently signed an agreement > with CenturyLink for the sole purpose of fail over. > > -----Original Message----- > Re: CenturyLink in Advanced Talks to Merge With Level 3 Communications - > Interweb is doomed > From: Jima <na...@jima.us> > To: <nanog@nanog.org> >>>> On 10/27/2016 12:36, Nevin Gonsalves via NANOG wrote: >>>> :-) > http://www.wsj.com/articles/centurylink-in-advanced-talks-to-merge-with-level-3-communications-1477589011 > > > This is great! Except for all of their mutual customers who had circuits > from both for redundancy. (See also: Level 3's and TWTC's mutual > customers, and probably a long list of other M&A I'm not thinking of > off-hand.) > > OK, I lied about it being great anyway. > > Jima > > > > -----Original Message----- > Re: CenturyLink in Advanced Talks to Merge With Level 3 Communications - > Interweb is doomed > From: Jima <na...@jima.us> > To: <nanog@nanog.org>
