Competition is going to rear its ugly head as companies cross over into each other's territory, ... Price has always been the key focus for telecom. It's a commodity business.

These deals leave standalone entities in a precarious position given likely competition from larger companies, ... BellSouth and Qwest have to decide how important a national presence is.

There are a lot of accounting issues that have taken place under prior management that haven't gone away and don't appear to be dissipating.

There is a need to reduce telecom competition but there are greater opportunities in wireless than long-distance.

AT&T's job cuts and write-down of its network are an effort to go-it alone and generate as much cash to support its dividend, ... I don't think AT&T is primping for the prom.

Ask Commonwealth how things are going in Dallas and the Cowboys are not what they are thinking about.

AT&T has said it will be aggressive on price but it has never been as aggressive as MCI.

It's not that things are getting better. But things aren't getting worse, as many are expecting.