nonymousPremium
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ | I wonder if anyone cares about Qwest. Or if everyone will just keep picking up and merging with anyone and anything until only Qwest is left and someone gets stuck with it? |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Maybe a merge of the mega rural Telcos (sort of like what Alltel did to Wireless). The only difference here, is that Wireless is worth something, wireline is begin cast off as a red headed stepchild.
Qwest + Frontier + Fairpoint = mega rural corp... to go bust.
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to nonymous
I'll wager that Qwest gets bought by Verizon, with the rural markets spun of to Windstream or CenturyLink. Frontier has bitten off more than it can chew, so that potential suitor is now unavailable. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | If they were planning on that, you'd think they would have kept some of their Washington/Oregon area markets, at least the ones that have FiOS. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | There are a few big Qwest markets that aren't in WA/OR. Denver and Phoenix are two big ones. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to iansltx
said by iansltx:I'll wager that Qwest gets bought by Verizon, with the rural markets spun of to Windstream or CenturyLink. The exchanges of a state can not be split. Either you sell the whole state, or not. The exchanges by the state shell corp ILEC can not be removed from the shell ILEC corp, they are a permanent package forever, until legislators and the FCC pass some new laws (not happening anytime soon). |
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| said by patcat88:said by iansltx:I'll wager that Qwest gets bought by Verizon, with the rural markets spun of to Windstream or CenturyLink. The exchanges of a state can not be split. Either you sell the whole state, or not. The exchanges by the state shell corp ILEC can not be removed from the shell ILEC corp, they are a permanent package forever, until legislators and the FCC pass some new laws (not happening anytime soon). Some documentation regarding this might be of use. In 2000, then US West had a deal in place for then Citizens Communications to buy rural exchanges in 13 states, the exception being Utah (the Utah PSC forbade this, and required US West to allow all ILECs in the state to bid on the exchanges. I worked for an ILEC at the time, we ended up with 3 exchanges). The Citizens/US West sale ended up going belly up, but the exchanges in Utah did sell. »psc.utah.gov/utilities/telecom/0···65ro.htm |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to patcat88
Are you sure about this? Verizon broke up the territory of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company. (Yes, it was on state lines, but there was a single shell ILEC) |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by EPS:Are you sure about this? Verizon broke up the territory of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company. (Yes, it was on state lines, but there was a single shell ILEC) Your right, VZ NE Inc covers/ed multiple states, but I guess VZ NE is registered with each state individually/its license is issued per state, so they can split off a part of a shell corp, but only if its an entire state. |
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CorydonCultivant son jardinPremium
join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO | reply to iansltx
Minneapolis-St. Paul is another. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Ah right. The testbed for all of Comcast's new stuff. |
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