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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: MCI Accepts Worldcom's Bid?
Yes but also take in consideration that Worldcomm has obatained more Fiber companies that Internet providers. It looks like an even count but consider that MCI has their own fiber. MFS was for fiber, Wiltel for fiber, and so on. I'd say they have quite a large chunck there. At 04:57 PM 11/10/97 -0700, Wayne Bouchard wrote: >> With this merger, approximately 80% of the Internet will now be controlled >> by Wcom or it's companys.. wondering when an anti-trust suit will be >> filed.. >> >> Eric > >Anti trust? You gotta be kidding. Its not quite that level just >yet. Afterall, there is still AT&T, Sprint, BBN/GTE, AGIS, DIGEX, and >many others. Not to mention those outside the "big name list". Its not >even close to anti trust. If the business practices become >anti-competitive, perhaps. But for the deal itself, I think anti-trust >is overstating things. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Wayne Bouchard GlobalCenter >[email protected] >Primenet Network Operations Internet Solutions for >(602) 416-6422 800-373-2499 x6422 Growing Businesses >FAX: (602) 416-9422 >http://www.primenet.com http://www.globalcenter.net >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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