[AusNOG] Vocus to buy NextGen/Infoplex/Metronode?

[Chris Ricks]

Level 3 are in the position they are for a reason - traffic volume.

Telstra are in the position they are for a different reason - ignorant,
short-sighted regulators with zero understanding of markets they have
decided to intervene in

On 16/11/12 11:14, Joshua D'Alton wrote:
> Level 3 are the snobs of the internet, even more so than Telstra,
> although money wise Telstra is actually making profit, so maybe
> Telstra should buy level 3 after they buy Nextgen? (trollface)
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Luke Iggleden
> <luke+ausnog at sisgroup.com.au <mailto:luke+ausnog at sisgroup.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     On 16/11/12 11:03 AM, Chris Ricks wrote:
>
>         In all likelihood, they may have in fact had the cash to make the
>         purchase but then realised they'd need to pay the likes of
>         Telstra or
>         Optus for domestic transit and were utterly disgusted by the
>         idea, and
>         thus decided to do something else with the funds.
>
>
>     BOOM TISH!
>
>
>
>             With Level 3's credit rating, financing the deal may be
>             the problem.
>
>             On 16/11/12 10:40, Zone Networks - Joel wrote:
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>
>                 Vocus + 1 J
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