[139510] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mikea)
Mon Apr 11 10:54:19 2011
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:49:28 -0500
From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx>
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 02:41:18PM +0000, Mike Walter wrote:
> I find it amusing that the article says - "The deal will combine two unprofitable companies...".
>
> So I guess the thinking is that two negatives make a positive?
They may lose on every subscriber, but now they'll make it up in volume.
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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
