john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) (07/14/90)
I have communicated with a friend who lives near Victorville and has a
number of phone lines from Contel. He has repeatedly said that he
would never live in an area served by GTE, so I was most interested in
his reaction to the merger. Half jokingly, he said that his house
might just go up for sale.
Seriously, he is going to carefully document the detioration of
service should the merger go through. As well as technical
considerations, he will be watching for the change in attitude among
the personel from the business office to the plant and repair people.
This will be a rare opportunity to catalog the progression of events
as a "lean and mean" progressive company is swallowed up by a bloated,
lethargic, non-innovative corporate behemoth.
Public relations statements notwithstanding, Contel and GTE couldn't
be more different. In every single area, they are complete opposites.
For GTE to flatter itself in making a comparison between the two
companies should be highly amusing to those who really know.
This is going to be good.
John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395
john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !zank@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mathew Zank) (10/12/90)
Here is the latest news on to GTE/Contel Merger: GTE Corp and Contel Corp said that they made all state and federal regulatory filings the companies say are necessary to complete the annouced merger of the two firms. They also made all the fillings that they believe are required by 16 state PUC's. No news yet on the date which the merger will take place. Matthew Zank - Eau Claire, Wi netcom!zank@apple.com -or- 0003690668@mcimail.com
kdonow@cdp.uucp (10/14/90)
I've heard from sources inside Contel's upper management that they expect it to occur during the first quarter of 1991.