Although other companies have reduced guidance in the past several days as well, WorldCom has nearly 100 percent exposure to the long-distance industry, which is experiencing the brunt of the severe difficulty in the telecom industry. |
Comcast has the experience and the expertise. As a shareholder I would rather have those assets in Comcast's hands than standing alone and run by a telephone company. |
I'm not really going to change anything in my model because of what they said. |
It's basically the same company legally. |
Justice may know a lot about justice, but it's painfully obvious to me that they know nothing about telecoms. Justice is taking a historical perspective, which is exactly the kind of perspective that would probably get me in deep trouble and perhaps even fired if I was looking at the industry on that basis. |
Shared services is probably the least attractive. Managed services are the highest margin data service centers. |
Since this merger was announced, revenue growth has declined from north of 10 percent to under 5 percent To me, that called for an additional concession. |
Sprint might pay a little premium if a firm already had customers. There might be time to market advantage. |