Telecom Failure

Failures There are lessons to be learned. By Peter Radizeski, RAD-INFO, Inc.

DLEC BK
Covad
Rhythms
NorthPoint
NAS
Digital Broadband Comm.

December, 2000 This week Flashcom Communications, Zyan Communications, Relay Point and FastPoint filed for federal bankruptcy protection (ISP-Planet)

Fiber – the diet of BK
Yipes!
Cogent
Digital Teleport
360networks
Genuity
MFN (Multimedia Fiber Network)
Williams
And later as WilTel

More Fiber – more BK
PSINET
FLAG
Global Crossing
XO
Telergy
WINfirst

But some survive
GX, 360 and XO are still alive
MFN becomes AboveNet
Digital Teleport became LightCore
Yipes was just bought by FLAG
Cogent & PSInet are one
Genuity & WilTel are Level(3)
Telergy became Dominion became CavTel
WINfirst is now SureWest

Perrenial BK cases
Birch
McLeodUSA
ICG
Mpower

Surprise!
MCI / Worldcom
C&W USA
Enron
Excite @Home
Ardent aka CAIS Internet
e.spire
Adelphia

Wireless BK
Worldwide Wireless Networks
Broadband2Wireless
Metricom (Ricochet wireless)
Winstar
Thrucomm
NextWave

Even Satellite falls to BK
Iridium
Motient
Starband

ISP BK’s Jato Comm. Internet Connect Voalris

Other BK’s
GST Telecomm. (TWTC now)
Logix Communications Enterprises (out of bk)
Exodus Communications (C&W then Savvis)
Network Plus
StarNet (MegaPOP)
Globix
Teligent
2 nd Century

UNE-P Success = TRRO Trouble
Supra - gone
Z-Tel - gone
Momentum – trying new things
McLeod – BK twice
ITC – now Deltacom giving away the store
Birch – BK twice
IDS – trying VoIP
Granite – UNE-P wholesaler
AT&T and MCI --> sold out to RBOC’s

MVNO = UNE-P ? ESPN Mobile Amp’ed

Does free work?
Bluelight.com
FreeI
NetZero
AOL
Muni wi-fi

Does Unlimited VoIP Work? SunRocket Vonage

Going Private Avaya Alltel Chrysler

Did We Learn Anything? Or are we destined for a repeat of 2000?

It Ain’t about the Tech It’s about being a Purple Cow

Telecom Failure

by RAD-INFO, Inc. on Aug 10, 2007

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 15

Statistics

Telecom Failure — Presentation Transcript

http://radinfo.blogspot.com	8
http://www.slideshare.net	7