[13573] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI Accepts Worldcom's Bid?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark E Larson)
Tue Nov 11 09:00:31 1997
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 08:49:46 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Mark E Larson <markl@rust.net>
In-Reply-To: <199711102357.QAA11225@typo.org>
Yes but also take in consideration that Worldcomm has obatained more Fiber
companies that Internet providers. It looks like an even count but
consider that MCI has their own fiber. MFS was for fiber, Wiltel for
fiber, and so on. I'd say they have quite a large chunck there.
At 04:57 PM 11/10/97 -0700, Wayne Bouchard wrote:
>> With this merger, approximately 80% of the Internet will now be controlled
>> by Wcom or it's companys.. wondering when an anti-trust suit will be
>> filed..
>>
>> Eric
>
>Anti trust? You gotta be kidding. Its not quite that level just
>yet. Afterall, there is still AT&T, Sprint, BBN/GTE, AGIS, DIGEX, and
>many others. Not to mention those outside the "big name list". Its not
>even close to anti trust. If the business practices become
>anti-competitive, perhaps. But for the deal itself, I think anti-trust
>is overstating things.
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