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WorldCom Bids On Various Rhythms Assets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keeping-the-lights-on dept.

iamabot writes: "DSL providers are cheap these days. After the AT&T acquisition of NorthPoint assets for 135 million, WorldCom has issued a 40 million dollar bid for various assets of Rhythms. The interesting thing here is after some other providers disconnected their subscribers, WorldCom seem to be interested in operating the existing network. I suspect this will actually be a fairly cheap endeavor, when compared to the capital and recurring expenditures DSL providers faced over the past few years, especially for WorldCom. The majority of the cost associated with lighting up a DSL network nationally involves the capital expenditures to buy the equipment and the huge recurring monthly transport costs for central office aggregation to a node. Does anyone else see the acquisitions in the past year or so as an opportunity for the DSL industry to rebound?"

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  1. BOYCOT WHITES WITH BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Blue-eyed white blondes are the reason why the Holocaust happened, the most terrible unique event in history and the only genocide ever to happen.

    Hitler wanted only blonde whites with blue eyes to live and kill all other (superior) people.

    So these blue-eyed white blondes are GUILTY of the Holocaust happening.

  2. Re:Smart move by Gill+Bates · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Argh - of course I meant 900K/160K ADSL.

    And yes, I did preview ;-)