voipdabbler
join:2006-04-27
Kalispell, MT
| reply to pepperxn
My point is Windstream doesn't have the assets that Frontier does. If they're truly looking to acquire Frontier, they're probably in talks with a capital investment group(s) that would go in on the deal and provide the financial resources that Windstream lacks. If that's the case, then the capital investment group most likely will want a fairly quick return on their money so they'd probably start pressuring for the merged company (Windstream/Frontier) to be sold no more than 1-2 years out (Alltel, which was acquired by a capital investment group, was only held for a year before being sold off). If you merge Windstream, which is really rather small when compared to Frontier, the company starts to be large enough that those with deep enough pockets to buy it are a fairly small group--the baby bells. Contrary to what others think, I suspect a merged company would be of interest to some of the baby bells, especially if they want to roll out WIMAX (don't expect to see 3G outside urban areas).. |
