Well, yes, that goes hand-in-hand with "...expects hefty charge". To me, this just says T-Mobile wants out of the POTS business at almost any cost. All those poor people stuck with Cogent now, I feel sorry for them! Adam Thompson Consultant, Infrastructure Services MERLIN 100 - 135 Innovation Drive Winnipeg, MB R3T 6A8 (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) https://www.merlin.mb.ca Chat with me on Teams: athompson@merlin.mb.ca
-----Original Message----- From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+athompson=merlin.mb.ca@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Jawaid Bazyar Sent: September 7, 2022 5:04 PM To: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>; Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: End of Cogent-Sprint peering wars?
$1 deals usually come with an operation in the red, or assumption of significant debts.
On 9/7/22, 2:55 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Dave Taht" <nanog- bounces+jbazyar=verobroadband.com@nanog.org on behalf of dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 1:48 PM Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote: > > > Are Sprint AS1239 and Cogent AS174 finally going to settle their peering > disputes? > > T-Mobile sells legacy Sprint wireline business to Cogent for $1, expects > hefty charge > https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/cogent-communications- acquire-t-mobiles-wireline-business-2022-09-07/ > > 1,400 customers > 1,300 employees > > 19,000 long-haul route miles > 1,300 metro route miles > 16,800 leased route miles
That's a dollar well spent. It also explains the layoffs. >
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