Ultimately an additional 23 facilities will be built and 4,700 miles of cable laid to form a Pan-European network. The western European Ring 1 is set for completion next September. Level 3 has also opened offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo to begin planning an Asian network. But Crowe also is busy watching his back. It's the Level 4s of the world who will knock us off if we get complacent.
Capital is easier to get than good ideas.