Re: Does anyone actually like CenturyLink?

[David Hubbard <dhubbard () dino hostasaurus com>]

It’s just due to network size.  Horrid service and reliability aside, if you have enough eyeballs, application 
providers will want to directly peer, and if you have enough app providers on net then access providers will want to 
peer.  With all the acquisitions, they have a ton of fiber in the ground and they keep rolling the networks in, causing 
people to continue to buy their circuits.

The service has been horrible compared to the twtelecom days.  Fortunately their layer two stuff seems to be managed 
independently of their IP networks, so those remained up.

From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+dhubbard=dino.hostasaurus.com () nanog org> on behalf of Ross Tajvar <ross () tajvar io>
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 11:05 AM
To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Does anyone actually like CenturyLink?

I've never heard a single positive word about them, and I've had my fair share of issues myself (as an indirect 
customer). But it seems that lots of people put them in their transit blend. Other than lack of options, why would 
anyone use them? To me, it just seems like asking for trouble...but maybe I'm missing something?