[49232] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sprint peering policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@yuriev.com)
Wed Jun 26 16:36:19 2002
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:35:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: alex@yuriev.com
To: "Mitchell, Dan" <Dan.Mitchell@hosting.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <593552EB08E7D411902F0002A52C7BBED13275@hnmdexc01.hosting.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Alex,
>
> *I* can't make any claims, since that would be making a forward-looking
> statement, y'know... and after today's WorldCom "events", I can hardly
> say that trusting analysts is a good thing, but if you take the time to do
> some research on ALGX, you'll probably see things like: consistency in
> meeting Wall St. expectations, a stong management team (after all, they
> *did* build MFS), and a conservative balance sheet. We're talking about
> some experienced, reputable good ol' boys who know enough only acquire
> profitable businesses for pennies on the dollar, and only build from
> success-based capital. If you take a good, hard look at the company as a
> whole, you'll see a company that has yet to deviate from its original
> plan, regardless of economic climate, and will tell you is still on target
> for profitability. These are all things I've learned from my own due
> dilligence via research on the web, and I'm sure you'll find the same.
I know. It is going to be a localy company to add to WCOM, MFNXQ, ADELA, Q
and others like that for exact reasons that you have listed.
Cheers,
Alex
