said by LostInWoods:The real question is how will this affect Jeff Gardner's performance bonus? Because we all know THAT is the really important thing...
Cost Savings = Higher Profit = Bigger CEO Bonus. That's the usual equation.
I'm not shedding any tears. I had considerable $DAYJOB experience with Paetec business services (phone and data, T1's, fiber and vendor-managed MPLS) both prior to and after the acquisition of Paetec by Windstream, and it was a disaster. We were stuck with them for a little over 5 years, because every time we had to make even the slightest change, they reset the clock on our 36 month term.
Quite literally-- the day our contract expired and we told Paetec to come pick up their gear, our department went out for a team lunch to celebrate.
Since ditching Paetec/Windstream, we've been infinitely happier.