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? -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Dorn Hetzel [mailto:dorn@hetzel.org] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 10:26 AM To: Jay Ashworth Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
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From: "William Allen Simpson" <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-04-11/level-3-agrees-to-acquire-glo...
The deal will combine two unprofitable companies with total revenue of $6.26 billion as of last year, and cut annualized capital spending by about $40 million, according to the statement. It will also help reduce the pressure on prices, which have declined by as much as 30 percent a year in the industry, said Donna Jaegers, an analyst at DA Davidson & Co.
Let me see if I have that straight.
We're *admitting* in public that the result will be to make prices go up for customers? Wow... Justice is going to have a field day with that.
Cheers, -- jra
Well, maybe they're just admitting it will slow the rate at which prices go down :)