Comments on: Rumor: Best Buy Looking At Covad? http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Scott http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-614268 Scott Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:17:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-614268 <p>I can't wait, I own a good amount of Covad stock and it is going no where fast.</p> I can’t wait, I own a good amount of Covad stock and it is going no where fast.

]]> By: Brian http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-613572 Brian Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:35:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-613572 <p>so do you buy DVW at .65? near its 52 week low</p> so do you buy DVW at .65? near its 52 week low

]]> By: Jon http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-601879 Jon Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:28:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-601879 <p>Well, I'm not entirely surprised after BBY's purchase of Speakeasy. And I also don't blame them for wanting to broaden their revenue (Wal-Mart should have started doing this years ago). I actually found an interesting article on the blog NewsVisual http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/10/is-best-buy-int.html on this supposed deal. Since the negotiations are rumored to be on-again, off-again, NewsVisual went ahead and looked for corporate ties that may be the starting points for these initial negotiations. According to their research, BBY does have corporate ties to Covad.</p> Well, I’m not entirely surprised after BBY’s purchase of Speakeasy. And I also don’t blame them for wanting to broaden their revenue (Wal-Mart should have started doing this years ago). I actually found an interesting article on the blog NewsVisual (link) on this supposed deal. Since the negotiations are rumored to be on-again, off-again, NewsVisual went ahead and looked for corporate ties that may be the starting points for these initial negotiations. According to their research, BBY does have corporate ties to Covad.

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-600696 Alex Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:06:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-600696 <p>This is great news is you are a BBY shareholder. Buying into Covad you're getting a residual revenue stream and can start selling more hardware (i.e IP Phones).</p> <p>The biggest challenge for BBY would be who would run the busines..... The Telecom business is very different than retail.</p> This is great news is you are a BBY shareholder. Buying into Covad you’re getting a residual revenue stream and can start selling more hardware (i.e IP Phones).

The biggest challenge for BBY would be who would run the busines….. The Telecom business is very different than retail.

]]> By: MySpace Addons http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-599101 MySpace Addons Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:42:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-599101 <p>It seems like Best Buy is just eating everything up... jeeze. I dislike this communist company.</p> It seems like Best Buy is just eating everything up… jeeze. I dislike this communist company.

]]> By: Kevin http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598894 Kevin Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:41:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598894 <p>More power to them. I've had covad service for the last 7 years with steadily declining service the last year plus. On my last tech support call, I mentioned perhaps it would be easier to switch to Qwest. The guy said maybe, so I did.</p> More power to them. I’ve had covad service for the last 7 years with steadily declining service the last year plus. On my last tech support call, I mentioned perhaps it would be easier to switch to Qwest. The guy said maybe, so I did.

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598366 Eideard Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:40:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598366 <p>What's next? A Best Buy cellphone?</p> What’s next? A Best Buy cellphone?

]]> By: Frank http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598236 Frank Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:31:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598236 <p>Yepp, terrible news...</p> Yepp, terrible news…

]]> By: thingslikerobots http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598154 thingslikerobots Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:31:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598154 <p>Covad's "VoIP Business" it not geared toward the residential/consumer, it as an SMB play, usally delivered via a Cisco IAD.</p> <p>This would seem an odd acquisition unless BestBuy is going to try to make a push into the SMB market and wants to leverage them to get into business class services.</p> <p>CDW is doing similar things I believe in partnership with Bandwidth.com to sell things like T1's, PRI,s, SIP trunking and hosted, IP centrex services.</p> Covad’s “VoIP Business” it not geared toward the residential/consumer, it as an SMB play, usally delivered via a Cisco IAD.

This would seem an odd acquisition unless BestBuy is going to try to make a push into the SMB market and wants to leverage them to get into business class services.

CDW is doing similar things I believe in partnership with Bandwidth.com to sell things like T1’s, PRI,s, SIP trunking and hosted, IP centrex services.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598030 Om Malik Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:54:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598030 <p>I agree with you Jeffrey - my previous post on BB when they bought Speakeasy outlines some of my concerns.</p> I agree with you Jeffrey - my previous post on BB when they bought Speakeasy outlines some of my concerns.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598022 Jeffrey Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:46:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-598022 <p>This is terrible news.</p> This is terrible news.

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-597924 Glenn Fleishman Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:31:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/06/covad-bestbuy/#comment-597924 <p>Covad used to be and may still be the primary way that Speakeasy handled DSL installations, too. Covad stopped selling to consumers some time ago. In most cases, Covad acts as the interface to the local ILEC, and Speakeasy acts as the billing front end and facilitator.</p> Covad used to be and may still be the primary way that Speakeasy handled DSL installations, too. Covad stopped selling to consumers some time ago. In most cases, Covad acts as the interface to the local ILEC, and Speakeasy acts as the billing front end and facilitator.

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