 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Too much.. Too much mergin' goin' on 'round here!
Everyone wants to merge with someone else anymore. Time/Warner was almost destroyed by their merger with AOL, Exxon Merged with Mobil, can't remember who Texaco merged with, and the list goes on and on.
I'm all for free markets, but I think government agencies should be pre disposed to denying mergers that approving them. They're almost never good for the customer..
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Dallas, TX | Were you opposed to the Daimler Chrysler situation?
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said by N3OGH:Too much mergin' goin' on 'round here! Here is the map and how it will look when the merger is approved:
If you look at the map and see how Verizon wants out of Maine & Vermont, they are coming in 3rd in this horse race. Even Fios may not save them in the long run. |
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N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
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Philly burbs
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said by Corona:Were you opposed to the Daimler Chrysler situation? The paraphrase was to make fun of a previous member of Congress.
I have no particular opposition to this merger. In fact, I know pretty much nothing about it. Just trying to make a funny.
I think I hear crickets.....
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I didn't know Qworst "served" so many states. Maine will soon be "Joe's Telecom." |
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 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
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London, ON | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Anyone else immediately think of Risk when seeing this? 
Interesting map, as I'm unfamiliar with who provides where.
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
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Tallahassee, FL | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Why is Embarq not on that map? |
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Funny isn't it? I remember the running joke when I used to work at Qwest on the unregulated data side was that we had more barb wire than local customers. |
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said by Maxo:Why is Embarq not on that map? There was a footnote on the map. Small non-RBOC companies aren't displayed to keep map simple. |
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| Embarq is a RBOC, but serves a city here, a city there.
If in Tallahassee, Embarq is your provider. |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:Here is the map and how it will look when the merger is approved: If you look at the map and see how Verizon wants out of Maine & Vermont, they are coming in 3rd in this horse race. Even Fios may not save them in the long run. Hey, umm, you just wiped verizon off the west coast, the south, and everywhere else except new england. Do you own qwest stock too? 
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| said by firephoto:Hey, umm, you just wiped verizon off the west coast, the south, and everywhere else except new england. Do you own qwest stock too? The map came from here. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_B···_company If you think it has major errors, feel free to post a modified map.
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JTY
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Ellensburg, WA | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Only problem with that map is, it's not entirely accurate. Verizon provides service in states like WA, and OR, as does Qwest. |
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firephotoKDEPremium
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Found this for verizon, accuracy unknown but equal to or greater than the wikipedia map. 
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 swintecPremium,VIP
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Alfred, ME
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said by rachelsfx:Maine will soon be "Joe's Telecom." Your right lol Up here in Maine we are destined to get screwed once again.  |
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It also says that Qwest's area is all from USWest. Qwest only picked up a few states from that deal. Otherwise they were Qwest long before the West Deal. |
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MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
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Tallahassee, FL | reply to rachelsfx
said by rachelsfx:Embarq is a RBOC, but serves a city here, a city there. If in Tallahassee, Embarq is your provider. I was unaware Embarq was considered small. Had them here in Tallahassee and in Orlando. Parents in Sopchoppy have it. I don't know where the Sprint and Bellsouth lines begin and end but it seems to me Sprint serves large sections of Florida...but I don't know that for sure.
Either way, a very interesting map.
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Duluth, GA | reply to rachelsfx
Embarq is not, nor ever has been, a RBOC. You kind of have to be from the Bell System to qualify as a RBOC.
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Very interesting map, thanks. |
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ieolus - "support the clecs" Is there any left? LOL! |
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