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Comcast, Verizon, Equity Firms Bid for RCN( old news - 04:40PM Saturday Nov 18 2006) Tipped by fromNewton  Comcast, Verizon Might Peek at RCN By Mike Farrell 11/20/2006 The auction for RCN could be decided early next year, with at least two high-profile companies expressing interest in the cable and telephone overbuilder — Verizon Communications and Comcast. MultiChannel News » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6393311.html
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 jhlmsln
join:2005-05-01
Washington, DC | rcn bids Who are the equity firms bidding for RCN ?
I hope VERIZON wins out over both comcast
and the equity firms (whoever they are). | |
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Maggs
Premium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY
clubs: | Time Warner would be a perfect fit Time Warner comes in at the front of my house, and RCN at the back.
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It's a SYN, not to ACK your packets. | |
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Dareius
Self proclaimed Premium member
join:2002-11-12
Elmhurst, NY
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November 20th, @02:40PM
| Go Verizon go! Somehow I do not see Verizon letting this bid slip through their fingers. This is just too good an asset for them to gain in the NYC area. I just do not see Comcrap doing well here unless they come out with really superior deals and quality internet and with a reputation of "Comcrap" following them for years, something tells me this is not what we are going to see from them. | |
| fromNewton
join:2005-08-07
West Newton, MA | Stay Independent RCN is good because it's independent. If Verizon/Comcast becomes a duopoly, we customers lose.
Let's hope the regulators are paying attention. If not, many of us will be speaking with our representatives to insist on a thorough review. | |
|  | nozzer
join:2004-06-25
Waltham, MA | Re: Stay Independent I second that. The three serious providers in our town are Verizon, RCN and Comcast. If it were just VZ and CC, the prices we pay would likely go through the roof again. | |
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herndonVA
@verizon.net
| RCN buyout A Comcast buy would not get past antitrust issues since all of RCN service areas except NYC compete directly against Comcast
Verizon would make a logical buyer since they need video customers to expand their FiOS base
I've heard that WOW was interested in the Chicago properties, Millineum in the DC properties, and Knology lowballing. Only serious contender is VZ | |
| | jhlmsln
join:2005-05-01
Washington, DC | Re: RCN buyout There are two cable providers in WASH DC - Comcast
and RCN. I doubt if DC would go over to the dark side
and allow comcast to be the only cable provider.
jl | |
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