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RE: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Walter)
Mon Apr 11 10:41:24 2011
From: Mike Walter <mwalter@3z.net>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:41:18 +0000
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinnnfvqFc7BpPgesEGBhOwWF6E2dA@mail.gmail.com>
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I find it amusing that the article says - "The deal will combine two unprof=
itable companies...". =20
So I guess the thinking is that two negatives make a positive? =20
-Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorn Hetzel [mailto:dorn@hetzel.org]=20
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 10:26 AM
To: Jay Ashworth
Cc: NANOG
Subject: Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William Allen Simpson" <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
>
> >
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-04-11/level-3-agrees-to-acquire-=
global-crossing-in-deal-valued-at-1-9-billion.html
> >
> > The deal will combine two unprofitable companies with total revenue of
> > $6.26 billion as of last year, and cut annualized capital spending by
> > about $40 million, according to the statement. It will also help
> > reduce
> > the pressure on prices, which have declined by as much as 30 percent a
> > year in the industry, said Donna Jaegers, an analyst at DA Davidson &
> > Co.
>
> Let me see if I have that straight.
>
> We're *admitting* in public that the result will be to make prices go up
> for
> customers? Wow... Justice is going to have a field day with that.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
> Well, maybe they're just admitting it will slow the rate at which prices =
go
down :)
