Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Alex Rubenstein
But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? First thing Verizon will have to do is fire the entire billing department and replace them with people/systems that can generate correct bills and send them to the correct customers. dripping with sarcasm Thats right! I forgot that Verizon was

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Mark Radabaugh
Alex Rubenstein wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? First thing Verizon will have to do is fire the entire billing department and replace them with people/systems that can generate correct bills and send them to the correct customers. dripping with sarcasm Thats

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Robert Blayzor
Jon Lewis wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? First thing Verizon will have to do is fire the entire billing department and replace them with people/systems that can generate correct bills and send them to the correct customers. You've got to be kidding me! Fear the day

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Mark Radabaugh wrote: Alex Rubenstein wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? First thing Verizon will have to do is fire the entire billing department and replace them with people/systems that can generate correct bills and send them to the

RE: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Chad Skidmore
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -Original Message- From: Jon Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:38 PM Posted To: NANOG Conversation: Verizon wins MCI Subject: Re: Verizon wins MCI On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, william(at)elan.net

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Mark Radabaugh
Christopher L. Morrow wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Mark Radabaugh wrote: Alex Rubenstein wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? First thing Verizon will have to do is fire the entire billing department and replace them with people/systems that can generate correct bills

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Mark Radabaugh wrote: Christopher L. Morrow wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Mark Radabaugh wrote: Alex Rubenstein wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? First thing Verizon will have to do is fire the entire billing department and replace them

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:38:10PM -0500, Jon Lewis wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? chuckle Well, by one metric, they're #1: RankISP Number of currently-listed spam issues --- ---

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Rich Kulawiec wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:38:10PM -0500, Jon Lewis wrote: But does anyone really know how big WorldCon is/was? chuckle Well, by one metric, they're #1: Rank ISP Number of currently-listed spam issues --- ---

RE: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Hannigan, Martin
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher L. Morrow Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:57 PM To: Rich Kulawiec Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Verizon wins MCI On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Rich Kulawiec wrote: On Mon, Feb 14

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:56:54PM +, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: we aim to please? or was there some hidden meaning to your email/troll? 1. I didn't realize that accurately reporting the facts was now considered a troll. Fascinating. 2. Nope, there's no hidden meaning -- unless you're

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-15 Thread gmjones
- Original Message - From: william(at)elan.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:22 pm Subject: Re: Verizon wins MCI On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote: I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. What, don't you like UUVeriNET even

Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread Hannigan, Martin
I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. Verizon wins the battle for MCI, pays 7B. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=1802e=2u=/washpost/2005021 4/ts_washpost/a22085_2005feb13 -- Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663 VeriSign, Inc.

Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread David Lesher
From: Hannigan, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. Verizon wins the battle for MCI, pays 7B. VerizUUtal? -- A host is a host from coast to [EMAIL PROTECTED] no one will talk to a host that's close[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread william(at)elan.net
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote: I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. What, don't you like UUVeriNET even better? :) Verizon wins the battle for MCI, pays 7B. I'm not financier, but this price seems rather low considering how large Worldcom is/used to be and

RE: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread McLean Pickett
(at)elan.net Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:23 PM To: Hannigan, Martin Cc: 'nanog@merit.edu' Subject: Re: Verizon wins MCI On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote: I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. What, don't you like UUVeriNET even better? :) Verizon wins the battle

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread Kevin Oberman
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:22:36 -0800 (PST) From: william(at)elan.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote: I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. What, don't you like UUVeriNET even better? :) Verizon wins

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread Jeff Wheeler
On Feb 14, 2005, at 2:31 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:22:36 -0800 (PST) From: william(at)elan.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote: I was set on QUUest or UUQwest for the new name, too. What, don't you like UUVeriNET

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread Jon Lewis
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, william(at)elan.net wrote: Verizon wins the battle for MCI, pays 7B. I'm not financier, but this price seems rather low considering how large Worldcom is/used to be and that it includes all former UUNET, MCI, MFS, WCOM, etc. BTW - did this include Digex as well? But

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Jon Lewis wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, william(at)elan.net wrote: Verizon wins the battle for MCI, pays 7B. I'm not financier, but this price seems rather low considering how large Worldcom is/used to be and that it includes all former UUNET, MCI, MFS, WCOM,

Re: Verizon wins MCI

2005-02-14 Thread Robert Boyle
At 11:45 PM 2/14/2005, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: uhm, thats the '70 billing departments' ... or so said the SEC's info about how many billing systems were 'integrated' during the bernie-dynastic-times. I remember reading in IT Week or Infoweek or some other trade rag that they had over 2400