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Re: That is the point of the merger It's just funny that in this instance, the smaller company (CenturyTel) took over the larger company (Embarq). Never quite understood that one. |
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 ChiyoSave Me Konata-ChanPremium
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kudos:1 | Was Embarq fat and inefficient? where Century Tel was lean and efficient?
either way in mergers there are always job cuts.
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 Vchat20Landing is the REAL challengePremium
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Columbus, OH | said by Chiyo:Was Embarq fat and inefficient? where Century Tel was lean and efficient? either way in mergers there are always job cuts. Pretty much. I know Embarq in this territory was geting pretty chubby all around to keep the metaphor rolling. I'd much sooner like to see CenturyTel's staff take total control of the situation which seems like the case with how things have went so far here. Even the CSR's seem to be well on the ball compared to common expectations.
I should also add that Embarq was still topping out with 3/512 service here even though this is a good size town and we are fed off the CO. So they were sorely behind. Now with the CenturyTel merger they are on the move to upgrade that and should have 10/1 service soon (and at the same price Embarq was charging for the 3/512 tier).
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CORRECT |
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You do realize that any plans in your area to upgrade your speeds was done last year, pre-merger, right? |
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Not to mention...Embarq's user review average on this very site were on average 10 points ahead of CenturyTel's (mid 70s compared to mid 60s). |
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Columbus, OH | reply to Go Tarheels
said by Go Tarheels:You do realize that any plans in your area to upgrade your speeds was done last year, pre-merger, right? A bit belated but actually this has been going on since long before the merger. The last time we had DSL in this area with Embarq was back around '03-'04 and the top tier was still 3/512 back then for the same price it is now. I have no huge miffs with them aside from some shoddy billing practices, but as I said it seems like they have drug their feet on and probably the only reason why they just recently decided to do something (and I am merely speculating here) is due to the impending merger.
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Columbus, OH | reply to Hazy Arc
said by Hazy Arc:Not to mention...Embarq's user review average on this very site were on average 10 points ahead of CenturyTel's (mid 70s compared to mid 60s). Indeed, but the scores on this site can easily be skewed in both directions in various ways so I don't hold them highly unless a company either is in the dumps or got close to 100s all across the board.
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