Comments on: Qwest Buys Itself Back http://gigaom.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob Aman http://gigaom.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/#comment-125369 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:39:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/#comment-125369 I think I’d really like to see Qwest turn itself around rather than get absorbed into another company.

]]> By: John Erb http://gigaom.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/#comment-125368 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:58:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/#comment-125368 How about Qwest buying Covad and actually having an ILEC get serious about out-of-region competition for once?

]]> By: Trey http://gigaom.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/#comment-125367 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:28:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/qwest-buys-itself-back/#comment-125367 Its one thing to ANNOUNCE a buyback, and quite another to EXECUTE it. There’s many, many cases of companies with buyback authorizations that have been sitting unused for years.

If Q’s business falters a bit (and they are the worst of the RBOCs), that cash will become more important to hold onto than buy stock with.

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