In a couple of years, this company is going to skyrocket,

If they don’t get together (with other companies), they’re going to be in trouble.

I don’t know if that’s really necessary. Both AT&T and British Telecom can operate independently — they both have very good global operations.

[The stock price decrease] isn’t pretty, but it had to be expected, … I’m just wondering why they are going through so much trouble to acquire mediocre assets.

It’s a great deal. A joint venture doesn’t cost (AT&T) as much as a merger would and it gets them into homes and businesses. Michael Armstrong is trying to win the battle from a different...

We’re talking about some wide and powerful areas and I think that Bell and Nynex calls cover almost a quarter of the country. And the other combination involved California and Texas, the two biggest states...

It almost looks like Global Crossing is trying to acquire companies that are still out there, … I don’t see how this makes them into an instant competitor to the big guys. They may be...

The thing that really made me happy is the deal with Microsoft. [AT&T Chairman C.] Michael Armstrong is a master negotiator. He never gives anything away.

The collar is an interesting addition. Global Crossing can’t match that. It levels the playing field for Qwest.

He’s a killer, he gets the job done. He has no hidden agenda. He looks at the bottom line and goes from there. He’s like a terminator.

I don’t know if that’s really necessary, … Both AT&T and British Telecom can operate independently — they both have very good global operations.

When you have an industry like the Internet growing like that, and you have the lion’s share in providing access to it, you’re in good shape.

They never took a chance, … Armstrong has a good track record from Hughes [Electronics Corp.] and he is a known turnaround specialist.

That really hamstrings them,

The collar is an interesting addition, … Global Crossing can’t match that. It levels the playing field for Qwest.

They never took a chance. Armstrong has a good track record from Hughes [Electronics Corp.] and he is a known turnaround specialist.

I don’t know how their name got in there.

The only thing that is going to hurt them now is to raise their bid. That would destroy their stock price.

It started with AT&T, and it may end with AT&T. They’re going to be the premier company in telecommunications services.

I think the network’s fine, it’s a solid company and they’ll wind up settling (the suit) somehow.