Re: Too bad they won't leverage Ion. in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18893514 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:48:48 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:48:48 EDT Re: Too bad they won't leverage Ion. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18899789 anon : Wrong ION DSLAM's, MGX8850's and Passport 6400's were all detroyed as part of the write off due to legality reason's. This equipment was brought to Lenexa, KS to a warehouse and crushed. The ION footprint was much different then the local footprint as we re-sold pairs from the local bell.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18899789 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:25:43 EDT Re: Too bad they won't leverage Ion. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18896563 Dezbend : When ION was shut down (well before the merger or subsequent spin-off) Sprint Local purchased many of the ION DSLAMs from Sprint Long Distance to increase DSL penetration in local territory.

The equipment sale I referenced was years before the separation.
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said by jhaygood86 See Profile :

It's alright :). I actually hail from Atlanta, just living in Canada at the moment for personal reasons :)
And I'm sure they're damn good ones ;)
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I don't think we have met before. I am facetious to a fault and often forget to use emoticons to let people know I am joking. ;)

I realize that Canada is a different country, eh?
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Embarq tech support (and customer service) is based mainly in America. There are a few contract centers out of country (Canada for instance - but is that really a different country - isn't just like Alaska?)

As Embarq is an ILEC not a CLEC, I would not hold my breath waiting for the rebirth of ION. If it came it would come from Sprint-Nextel who got out of the local telephone business.
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Too bad they probably laid off all of their expertise in the product when they shipped 90% of their IT off-shore.
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