EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| reply to Fox McCloud
Re: wow
Does it really matter? If CenturyTel does keep the CenturyTel name, they'll surely have to launch a public image campaign. (Even if they keep the Embarq name I wouldn't be surprised if they introduced a new logo to go with it) When Verizon introduced their new name out of nowhere without any history they wiped out two semi well-known names (Bell Atlantic and GTE), but today everyone knows who they are. Would it have made more sense to keep Bell Atlantic or GTE as the name? |
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NickD
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join:2000-11-17
Princeton Junction, NJ
clubs: | reply to jezme
So will people's high speed internet still cost $24.95 up to the year 2525, like their commercial said. |
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AlexNYC
join:2001-06-02
Edwards, CO
| reply to GeekJedi
Hummm ...  In my area CenturyHell offers an oversubscribed 1.5 Mbps DSL for $41.20 a month. It's like a time machine that takes you 15 years back with pocket loss and crappy customer service. |
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jezme
join:2008-06-02
Wright City, MO
| reply to GeekJedi
then you must be in an area where they have competition. we pay $35/month for 1.5/256 in places where they can get away with it because they are the only phone co and the only ISP then that can offer DSL...... they have no competition and they know it. I have friends getting 10mb service for what I pay for 1.5, but they live where there are competitors. |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23
 ·Embarq
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| reply to EPS
said by EPS  :While Embarq shareholders will own a majority the entity, it looks like at least most of the CenturyTel board of directors will keep their jobs and will run the merged company, not Embarq's. One wonders how the merged entity will be branded. they'd be smart to keep the Embarq name--at least some of America knows the name "Embarq" because it's the largest independent telco, but CenturyTel? Not only is the name cheesy, but no-one has ever heard of it before.
It's like when SBC kept getting bigger and bigger...it made more sense to keep the name AT&T than to continue being called "SBC".....let's just hope CenturyTel is that smart.
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ArkiMage
join:2001-06-30
Kingsport, TN
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Yeah, was surprised to see Centurytel "buying" Embarq but Embarq ending up owning >50% of the combined company. Sure seems the other way around.
But then there is a history of this sort of thing with them. In the early 90's United Telephone bought Sprint and decided to keep the Sprint name afterwards because it had more brand recognition. Embarq was later spun off from that.
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Smile__
Premium
join:2008-10-10
New Freedom, PA | reply to Eek2121
Yeah! The slowest of 3G Aircards on the market.. Oh wait forgot Tmo... |
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Eek2121
Lovin Verizon FIOS
join:2002-10-12
Flanders, NJ | reply to inteller
Umm? Turd? Embarq? You are using AT&T wireless and you call embarq a turd? Hate to break it to ya buddy, 10mbit internet here + satellite + long distance, $99/mo. Sounds pretty damn competitive to me? |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs: | reply to EPS
Re: wow
CentBarq |
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dcurrey
Premium
join:2004-06-29
1 edit | reply to EPS
Re: wow
BarqTel
TeleBarq |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to TKJunkMail
While Embarq shareholders will own a majority the entity, it looks like at least most of the CenturyTel board of directors will keep their jobs and will run the merged company, not Embarq's. One wonders how the merged entity will be branded. |
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tstolze
Premium
join:2003-08-08
O Fallon, MO
·CenturyLink
| reply to iansltx
said by iansltx :Upon relfection, Embarq owning the majority of the company is a good thing. Their speeds are at least decent across the footprint, and the company won't be fiber-phobic. Centurytel is running FTTH in new developments, along with rumor of some testing of FTTH in older service areas
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | reply to TKJunkMail
Upon relfection, Embarq owning the majority of the company is a good thing. Their speeds are at least decent across the footprint, and the company won't be fiber-phobic. |
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GeekJedi
RF is Good For You
Premium
join:2001-06-21
Mukwonago, WI
clubs: | reply to inteller
Hmmm, I pay $40 for 10mbps from CTL. |
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Smile__
Premium
join:2008-10-10
New Freedom, PA | reply to S_engineer
XOHM willnt fail.. Besides there is a merger in the making with Clearwire... Remember? Should be done by year end..  |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
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said by S_engineer :Didn't know centurytel had that kind of money....seems to me if they waited a little longer, like after XOHM fails, they'd get it cheaper. It looks like Centurytel is buying Embarq, but when you look at who will own the combined company, it is really Embarq taking over CenturyTel.
after closing Embarq shareholders are expected to own about 66 percent of the combined company.
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
| reply to S_engineer
said by S_engineer :Didn't know centurytel had that kind of money....seems to me if they waited a little longer, like after XOHM fails, they'd get it cheaper. hey, when you charge people $30-40 for 1.5mbps DSL YOU TOO can hoarde back a lot of money to go buy failed companies.
This merger won't happen. Once the dems take office FCC is going to get shitty. The corporate ecosystem has been perverted far too long by letting these mergers happen while the debt is just shifted around. Let that turd Embarq go under and let other companies buy up the pieces they want. That is how real competition happens. |
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dcurrey
Premium
join:2004-06-29
1 edit | reply to S_engineer
Embarq doesn't have anything to do with XOHM. Sprint is the one with XOHM. They are separate companies. |
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