Re: wow in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21333007 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:45:52 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:45:52 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21340802 EPS : 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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21340802 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:33:51 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21339565 NickD : So will people's high speed internet still cost $24.95 up to the year 2525, like their commercial said.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21339565 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:07:49 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21337877 AlexNYC : Hummm ... :D 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21337877 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:24:18 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21337802 jezme : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21337802 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:10:19 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21336376 Fox McCloud :
said by EPS See Profile :

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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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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TeleBarq]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332448 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:42:59 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332375 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332375 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:28:48 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332369 tstolze :
said by iansltx See Profile :

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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said by S_engineer See Profile :

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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said by S_engineer See Profile :

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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332064 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:26:09 EDT Re: wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332024 dcurrey : Embarq doesn't have anything to do with XOHM. Sprint is the one with XOHM. They are separate companies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332024 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:17:11 EDT wow http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21332006 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.
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