It could be US West, or MCI. What I would do is get engineers from both telcos on a conference call and ask them to describe their local connection to stratum 1. That should shake out where the problem is. Get MCI to drive the call. They have inroads into US West that you wouldn't likely be aware of. Matt Holdrege - <A HREF="http://www.ascend.com">http://www.ascend.com</A> - matt@ascend.com ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg05375.html">Re: (ASCEND) Clock source</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Dale Botkin <dbotkin@probe.net></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg05372.html">Re: (ASCEND) Clock source</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg05374.html">Re: (ASCEND) Clock source</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Dale Botkin <dbotkin@probe.net></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05375.html">Re: (ASCEND) Clock source</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05376.html">Re: (ASCEND) Cold Booting Max4000</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05374.html">Re: (ASCEND) Clock source</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05375.html">Re: (ASCEND) Clock source</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail141.html#05377"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd36.html#05377"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>