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allan
07-28-03, 12:41 PM
MCI/WorldCom/UUNET issued a press release Friday saying that they were interested in acquiring the other 49% of Digex (presumably before Digex joins them in bankruptcy court ;)):

http://global.mci.com/news/news2.xml?newsid=8110&mode=long&lang=en&width=530&langlinks=off


ASHBURN, Va., July 24, 2003 - MCI (WCOEQ, MCWEQ) announced today that it has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking authorization to purchase all outstanding publicly traded common stock of Digex, Incorporated for a total of approximately $18 million dollars. The purchase enables MCI to expand its managed services portfolio -- a key strategic objective of its Plan of Reorganization -- while assuring Digex and MCI customers that MCI is committed to supporting their hosting services.

JeremyV
07-28-03, 04:12 PM
Also heard AT&T is filing some things against MCI for fraud... something about MCI/WorldCom routing long distance calls through canada and through AT&T's network, thus relieving MCI of hefty useage charges and taxes...

They were talking about it on CNBC all day today :confused:

allan
07-29-03, 02:22 AM
Yea, AT&T, Verizon, SBC and others -- while I dislike MCI as much as anyone this just smacks of sour grapes.