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Verizon, which has agreed to acquire MCI for $6.7 billion, says it will grant MCI two weeks to hold additional talks with rival bidder Qwest.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1771634,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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Their combined offering, dubbed IBM Workplace Services Express, joins IBM's WebSphere-based Workplace Express suite with AT&T's Managed Internet Services.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1771364,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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Qwest modifies its $8 billion bid to buy long-distance telephone company MCI by adding protection against a drop in its stock price and giving a faster cash payout.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1770065,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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The Canamex Interstate Highway, from Rio Rico to South of Green Valley, Arizona is the home of the "world's first highway Wi-Fi mobile voice and high speed data network."
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1769445,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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Opinion: Citing a less than ideal track record of municipal services in Philadelphia, one reader argues that cities must carefully evaluate municipal Wi-Fi before moving in that direction.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1764099,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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Opinion: Most readers who don't have municipal Wi-Fi want it but a few told us they don't want government in their broadband in any way, shape, or form.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1766331,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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Efforts to slow falling prices are behind the rash of recent telecommunications mergers, and the fallout will likely have business customers digging deeper for services offered by a smaller pool of providers.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1766066,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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By beating out rivals Qwest and BellSouth for ownership of MCI, Verizon acquires wider opportunities as well as consolidation challenges.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1765233,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701

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Qwest offers more than $7 billion for MCI, topping an earlier bid by Verizon Communications.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1764455,00.asp?kc=EWRSS04069TX1K0000701