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Go Chargers7
Fa Shizzle Ma Nizzle
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They had it...and sold it...

Wait a minute. Am I missing something? Didn't they just sell off the unit that HAD EVERYONE WIRED, or at least a few zillion...the unit that made them HUGE money (so sayith their annual reports, profits in the billions from their broadband unit). If they wanted a chunk of the local service pie all they had to do was finish the telephony rollout and acquire more franchises. They're looking for a capital efficient way...there's nothing more efficient than being wired to end users and making a HUGE profit doing it.

Now, they're 3 months into this thing and looking for ways to get back service to end users? Genius.

WTF...where did these guys get their degrees? Cracker Jacks?
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When yer a pioneer, you're bound to get a few arrows in the butt.
[text was edited by author 2003-02-25 19:21:49]
permalink · 2003-02-25 19:18:48 · Print · Reply to this

Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
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Erie, PA

Re: They had it...and sold it...

A brief look into the near future:

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To: AT&T investors
From: AT&T
Re: recent AT&T broadband spinoff

Dear investor;
Oops.
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Now I just wonder if the bigwigs at AT&T realize what they've done yet or not.
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The USA is not alone!
permalink · 2003-02-25 19:58:22 · Reply to this

batageek
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join:2003-01-25		 See someone who's been saying the same thing (AT&T buys COVAD) for a while now.....

»www.eprairie.com/news/viewnews.a···rID=4360
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