Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corvis Corp

Ad. &mdash; siro  &chi;  o  10:49, Jul 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, just barely. Doesn't read like an ad to me. It's a question of notability. this article gives this list. I think the numbers are numbers of subscribers (!)


 * U.S. providers of DSL service, not counting resellers:
 * SBC 767K
 * Verizon 540K
 * Covad 274K
 * Qwest 255K
 * BellSouth 215K
 * NorthPoint 100K +
 * Rhythms 67K
 * Broadwing 41K
 * Others including NAS, (11K), Alltel, DSL.net, New Edge (6K), New South, IP, and @Link, total less than 50K.


 * I've heard of Rhythms so it just barely meets my criterion for notability. Broadwing, which I'd never heard of, is in about the same category, I'd say it's just barely notable enough to keep. On the other hand... I see only ONE hit in "Broadwing" in comp.dcom.xdsl on Google Groups and that seems a little low. That article does describe Broadwing as a "tier 1 provider," whatever the heck that means. Dpbsmith 14:08, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Tier 1 providers own the major backbones used by the internet and phones.  They are usually billion$ companies that spent many dollars building the infrastructure and many are not interested in dealing with customers like me or you.  Their customers are Tier 2 providers and their customers are Tier 3 providers.  They like to keep low profiles yet often have huge telecommunications influence. The Steve 23:04, Jul 30, 2004 (UTC)


 * Copyvio . -- Cyrius|&#9998; 03:22, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)