ICG Experience

On 8/23/06, Randy Epstein <repsteinchello.at> wrote:
>
> When a company is acquired by Level(3), they are
assimilated rather quickly.
>  The company you would be dealing with is Level(3), so
make your decisions
> based on that.
>

if by "assimilated rather quickly" you mean
"answers the phone with
'Level3' instead of 'Wiltel' " then yes, they are.
Otherwise it's the
same network with the same equipment and generally the same
people
pre-acquisition

Aaron Glenn wrote:

>if by "assimilated rather quickly" you mean
"answers the phone with
>'Level3' instead of 'Wiltel' " then yes, they
are. Otherwise it's the
>same network with the same equipment and generally the
same people
>pre-acquisition

I would think that Elijah was looking slightly longer term
than
pre-acquisition.  Based on when Level(3) made the
acquisition announcement,
I'd guess that they are fairly close to completing it, and
if you've noticed
the changes at some of their other recent acquisitions, they
typically do a
lot more than just change the way they answer the phone.

As far as Wiltel goes, the entire sales team I was dealing
with was gone by
the time the deal completed.  There were also entire outside
plant personnel
changes, etc.

I've also recently dealt with Level(3) acquiring other
vendors of mine, such
as Progress Telecom and Telcove.

I stand by my statement, but opinions of your experiences
are welcome of
course.
 
-Randy