[77909] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon wins MCI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (william(at)elan.net)
Mon Feb 14 14:18:54 2005
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:22:36 -0800 (PST)
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>
To: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <A206819EF47CBE4F84B5CB4A303CEB7A242305@dul1wnexmb01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
> I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too.
What, don't you like UUVeriNET even better? :)
> Verizon wins the battle for MCI, pays < 7B.
I'm not financier, but this price seems rather low considering how large
Worldcom is/used to be and that it includes all former UUNET, MCI, MFS,
WCOM, etc. BTW - did this include Digex as well?
--
William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william@elan.net
