[79973] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Qwest protests SBC-AT&T merger as harmful to competition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Tue Apr 19 14:05:29 2005
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:05:02 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0504191241310.27926@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
That may be, but they are right.
Do you think anyone will benefit from Verizon+MCI? After this merger, the
incumbent ILEC in a huge market area will also own the only real CAP
(remember Brooks and MFS?). Isn't it bizarre that it is possible that a
regulated LEC will also own an unregulated CAP, which currently competes
(vigorously, I might add) with the LEC?
Do you think anyone will benefit from ATT+SBC?
Both mergers stink to high heaven. And we can probably rest assured that
the FCC does not have the consumers' best interest in mind.
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
>
>> One might wonder if Qwest is a little upset about being
>> rebuffed by MCI in its efforts to merge the two companies.
>>
>> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11426726.htm
>
> Smells like sour grapes to me....
>
> jms
>
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