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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. Clarification. by Johannes+K. · · Score: 0, Troll
    From the submitter's comments:

    the huge recurring monthly transport costs for central office aggregation to a node

    Does anyone know what this means?

  2. How come? by trollapprentice · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is troll, you must learn to appreciate these small anecdotes among the interesting comments

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