Citing speculation from "a growing number of Wall Street analysts," The Denver Post insists that Qwest Communications is for sale, and argues that either Winstream Communications or CenturyLink are possible buyers. Including phone and broadband lines, core fiber and data centers, the Post speculates that Qwest is worth somewhere around $20 billion (Qwest bought much of their current infrastructure from U S West in 2000 for $45 billion). It's not clear where the renewed speculation is coming from, given Qwest has technically been on sale for years now, and Qwest executives have acknowledged as much for just as long. The problem has been that nobody's been interested in Qwest's aging, significantly rural copper networks (or their long haul network) at the price Qwest wants people to pay.