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US West/Qwest Merger Gets Federal Thumbs-Up

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'll-stop-the-world-and-merge-with-you dept.

cnoe writes On Monday, federal regulators said Qwest Communications International Inc. and U S West Inc. have complied with the necessary conditions to complete their proposed $36 billion merger. Kind of interesting considering the recent Slashdot piece Qwest Achieves 100-Mile IP Round-Trip At 40Gb/sec. Here's a short press release with the basics from Excite. I hope Qwest gets to take the reins after this merger, US West has been the pinnacle of all evil for way too long..."

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  1. This is beautiful by Shoeboy · · Score: 4

    We can now get "we're sorry, dsl won't be in your area for X months" messages at a rate of 40Gb/s.
    Qwest's broadband technology should let them enter a whole new world of high speed customer disservice. Imagine being told "I'm sorry I can't help you." in seconds rather than having to wait on hold for hours.

    Myself and most people I know have had some delightful experiences with USWEST -can you tell?

    --Shoeboy