MLUG: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] centurytel buys another optical network...
[MLUG - DISCUSSION] centurytel buys another optical network...
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http://www.columbiatribune.com/2003/Feb/20030214Busi005.asp

>CenturyTel to buy Digital Teleport of St. Louis   
>Published Friday, February 14, 2003
>
>MONROE, La. (AP) - Rural telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc. won 
>a bid yesterday to acquire the fiber-optic network and customer contracts 
>of St. Louis-based Digital Teleport Inc. for $38 million. 

[snip]

>Digital Teleport has a fiber-optic network spanning 5,700 miles across 
>more rural areas of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, 
>Oklahoma and Tennessee. 

So does anybody know about these guys?  Is this going to improve our
local bandwidth situation any in the near-term?  Given CenturyTel's 
markets, it's pretty easy to see why this was so attractive.

jking

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