MCI WorldCom customers cut off from Internet access by Cable & Wireless
 
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One year after Cable & Wireless USA acquired the former MCI's Internet business, problems between the two companies still exist.
Besides the fact that Cable & Wireless is suing MCI WorldCom for breach of contract, network problems between the two companies are still an issue for some customers.
Back in June, Network World reported that according to the acquisition deal between the two companies, all MCI frame relay customers that connected to the MCI Internet backbone were to be moved to MCI WorldCom's UUNET network by June 1. MCI did not meet this deadline, but Cable & Wireless cut the company a break by not turning off the circuits, which it had every right to do based on the agreement.
Cable & Wireless has gateways between its Internet network and MCI WorldCom's frame relay network. The gateways let legacy MCI frame customers access Cable & Wireless' network using dedicated permanent virtual circuits (PVC).
Network World has learned that two weeks ago all MCI frame PVCs directed to Cable & Wireless' Internet backbone were, in fact, turned off. But Cable & Wireless says it turned the circuits off at the request of MCI WorldCom, which said it was ready to transfer customers onto its UUNET network.
But the transfer didn't occur for all of MCI WorldCom's frame relay customers.
Read the next newsletter to find out how MCI WorldCom dropped the ball.
Denise Pappalardo is a senior editor for Network World, covering ISPs, VPNs and related topics. Reach her at denisep@nww.com.
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