CBeyond to Be Acquired?
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I just saw this earlier. Will this make them any better?
http://www.cbeyond.com/press-release/birch-communications-to-acquire-cbeyond
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Wow. Acquired by someone that no one has heard of.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Wow. Acquired by someone that no one has heard of.
That was my first thought.
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If it makes CBeyond suck less, I'm all for it!
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That's rarely how these things play out.
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@NetworkNerd said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Wow. Acquired by someone that no one has heard of.
That was my first thought.
Birch had a large footprint in the St. Louis area for a while. I had not heard anything from them in a few years though.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Wow. Acquired by someone that no one has heard of.
You really need to get out into the world.
Birch has been around since TA1996, one of the first CLECs to fire up. They built up around Kansas City and spread out upon MOKAT.
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@PSX_Defector said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Wow. Acquired by someone that no one has heard of.
You really need to get out into the world.
Birch has been around since TA1996, one of the first CLECs to fire up. They built up around Kansas City and spread out upon MOKAT.
Kansas City isn't exactly a major market.
Little regional players buying little regional players.
Birch is probably in a panic with good eating all if their home turf.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Kansas City isn't exactly a major market.
In telecom, it's one of the major hubs of the country.
Sprint is headquartered in Overland Park. Google Fiber fired up there first. AT&T before remerger had a major operation there. Tons of telecoms peer within KCI because of that.
It is not a major television market, nor a populous place. But it has lots of braintrust and serious players in the market around there. Birch is one of the bigger players who have done well since their last Chapter 11.
