E170 - Bill Severn at 1623 Farnam
From The Route to Networking by Hamilton Barnes
March 11, 2026 · 31 min · Season 1 · Episode 170
About this episode
Bill Severn discusses his journey from door-to-door sales to leading a major interconnection hub and the evolution of telecom.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Route to Networking, Jack Rafferty is joined by Bill Severn, President and CEO of 1623 Farnam. Bill shares how he went from commission-only door-to-door sales to leading one of the most strategically connected carrier-neutral interconnection hubs in the United States. They discuss the evolution of telecom from the analog era to today’s AI-driven infrastructure landscape, the concept of data gravity, and why interconnection is becoming one of the most im...
People in this episode
Host: Jack Rafferty
Guest: Bill Severn
Topics covered
- telecom evolution
- AI-driven infrastructure
- data gravity
- interconnection hubs
- door-to-door sales
Keywords
- telecom
- AI
- interconnection
- data gravity
- sales
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Organizations: 1623 Farnam
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