Each central office had truck loads of material delivered in the name of L3, cabinets, wire etc. 60,000 fiber circuits nationwide to be cut over to new equipment . Related?
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As far as the original topic, no secret at all. Converting customers to Metro 2.0 on the red fiber. Major $$$$ project, no secret.
Not everywhere buddy, not everywhere, so there may be a plan to keep local in areas that have high concentration of high end customers, plus the FTTT and res gig fiber stays. This was Glenn’s plan all along. And don’t be bitter most of us got screwed when Glenn bought us too.
doesn't everyone Miss FRED ' ROCK ON " ? you know it is not going well when the the leader of Network operations quits . They offered him a thankless position one designed to make him fail. When the leader of the iron fist style of management gets the iron fist , look out
L3 bu**holes
"Well Jr it's not a co-locate when you are part of the company, ie L3/CTL."
But L3 is coming into Legacy C.O.'s as a Collocate, they are leasing a footprint as another party and not CTL/L3, this is the obvious factor, they are separating themselves from the so called parent company of CTL which has the responsibility of the RBOC networks.
Why the Local Techs will be needed and necessary in those areas. We are not talking whocaresville in Mississippi with a population of 1500, it's Metro areas.
L3 = Hubris Legacy National CenturyLink Lead tech = Expertise
Well Jr it's not a co-locate when you are part of the company, ie L3/CTL. You are completely correct if it is another provider. L3 sent out engineering to clear bays, provide a certain amount of power (amperage) and have the space cleared and power in by a certain date.
Fujitsu for the most part installed the equipment then national started rolling customers. The local CO techs had nothing in this whole process except clearing or installing bays. Any CO tech at any hub can take you right to the rack and show you. I agree with then other guy. He is not wrong.
L3 guy.......
You know for you to be as “smart” as you think you are, you are not. Want to dog local legacy techs & claim to be som much smarter that we are, then let me ask you this.
How come it takes 2 or 3 of you to do what 1 legacy tech can do? That’s what I though D bag.
I’m a 25 year local Comm. Tech from legacy Blue & I will run circles around you son.
The legacy blue Comm. Techs did their own install of equipment, their own turn up of equipment & their own maintaining of of equipment. I’m willing to bet that if you are a guy at a desk all day, you probably wouldn’t even know where to plug a fiber in at.
You should watch your “holier-than-thou” mentality.
We only need 1 where L3 needs 2 & an army of contractors.
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Our goal a L3 is to take everything fiber from the old Centurylink network (Centurytel, Embarq & Qwest) put it under the banner of us & then sell off the rest. After what Post did in buying us, we are out for revenge. Plains & simple & we really don’t care if the other companies or employees like it or not. That infrastructure now belongs to us. The opinion & concerns of the other legacy companies are none of our concern, so don’t concern yourselves with OUR network.
We also plan to continue to leave local techs out of as much as we can. Why do you think we aren’t letting local legacy techs do any install work when it comes to fiber & ME services? It’s because we plan to cut as many of them as possible. Local techs are a dime a dozen & we don’t need any of you! You act as if we owe you something.....we’ll we don’t!
It’s our company now & contractors will continue to do the job of local techs, no matter how long they’ve been around. They don’t meet the caliber of technicians like we have in L3. Stop whining like a bunch of babies & go somewhere else if you don’t like it. "
This is the mentality that has been here since the Merger/ Takeover, those that have not recognized it really have been in denial, if you listen or read any of the internal emails and memos Local and legacy has been all but ignored or given a non answer about questions.
The problem is they think that anyone can come in and do any job but theirs and theirs being Level 3. They have no idea, the lower management or VP's reporting to the Regional people won't tell them the issues and negatives, they are scared for their jobs. The local technicians and support people are getting stuff done in spite of the Level 3 lack of planning, processes, and working obstacles.
The fact that this poster says they can go into a Central Office and do what they want speak volumes as to not knowing the limitations of a Collocate in a RBOC and what boundaries by regulation they cannot cross. They can install in their own space but not outside that footprint, they need the Local techs to finish every circuit design inside the Central Office and other facilities that are part of the Network. Or have contractors come in and screw them up so a Local guy has to come in and fix them I will add.
Hey level 3 douche. Do you like fish sticks?
Well there you go!
Our goal a L3 is to take everything fiber from the old Centurylink network (Centurytel, Embarq & Qwest) put it under the banner of us & then sell off the rest. After what Post did in buying us, we are out for revenge. Plains & simple & we really don’t care if the other companies or employees like it or not. That infrastructure now belongs to us. The opinion & concerns of the other legacy companies are none of our concern, so don’t concern yourselves with OUR network.
We also plan to continue to leave local techs out of as much as we can. Why do you think we aren’t letting local legacy techs do any install work when it comes to fiber & ME services? It’s because we plan to cut as many of them as possible. Local techs are a dime a dozen & we don’t need any of you! You act as if we owe you something.....we’ll we don’t!
It’s our company now & contractors will continue to do the job of local techs, no matter how long they’ve been around. They don’t meet the caliber of technicians like we have in L3. Stop whining like a bunch of babies & go somewhere else if you don’t like it.
there it is ask the national tech what is going on ...
Correct. The target was end of 2019 but they missed it and now everything is supposed to be thrown by end of first quarter. All "high value" fiber customers. They are doing crazy stuff like bringing fiber in the CO, back outside the building, then feeding it right back in to beat tariffs and the FCC.
Don't believe me? I am a national tech and I have been doing this for months. Next time you see a national tech in your CO putting up jumpers on that new fiber equipment you know nothing about and did not install, ask the national tech what he is doing?
They are not throwing everything, just the money makers, so it looks like there is still something left at CTL. They are trying not to be blatantly obvious.
As a guess, they are going to move traffic from legacy systems to Level3 network as a CLEC, they will write a lease agreement grandfathered to whom they eventually sell off the copper infrastructure too that will be a sweetheart deal, pennies on the dollar for leased space as a Collocate.
They will have all the revenue from Fiber systems small business, big business, and multi dwelling nodes from their expansion and let the copper bleed and not be accountable for office or network maintenance.