Re: contracts and damages, was: BOOM! there goes WorldCom

[Karl Denninger <karl () Mcs Net>]

On Thu, Jul 17, 1997 at 12:05:50PM +0000, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> > From: Nathan Stratton <nathan () netrail net>
> > I know this, I have a copy of the DLRs. What I am saying is Worldcom
> > changed the DLRs without letting us know, and now they all run over this
> > fiber cut. We request a copy of the DLRs on ALL our links. We started
> > this long ago when we had a MCI and Worldcom DS1 die because they went
> > over the same fiber.
> OK, sounds like you exercized due diligence.  What kind of contract
> language specified multiple paths for those 3 circuits you paid for?
>
> And how much liquidated damages for an outage did you specify?
>
> Could you please let us all know how long it takes for WorldCom to pay up?
>
> WSimpson () UMich edu
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> BSimpson () MorningStar com
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Bingo.  That's the correct solution to this kind of problem (a re-route
under these circumstances, leading to an outage, should be *extremely*
expensive for the company which undertakes it).

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