----- Original Message ----- From: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net> Date: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:22 pm Subject: Re: Verizon wins MCI

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:

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I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too.

What, don't you like UUVeriNET even better? :)

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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?

And what's left of ANS (the backbone back in the day), and the CompuServe Network. The chain of acquisitions of good companies prior to the WCOM meltdown was stunning. I was always fond of CompUUWorldCoMCI.net ---George Jones (CompuServe Network alumni)