All that could be pulled into the West umbrella.

It will be interesting to see how they finesse that.

It's so rare for anything in the telecom sector to show any kind of growth, but they're taking it away from AT&T and MCI and the Baby Bells.

It shows it's not just running after (just) any customer. The future trend is pretty positive but I don't expect any major moves in the share price.

For Level 3, this helps their wholesale positioning because they can sell more to carriers if they can deliver it all the way to that customer's doorstep.

They're continuing to show stable revenues and to reap the benefits of the cost-cutting they did last year.

They're doing all the right things to play defense. It's hard to win longer-term just playing defense, and they don't have a lot of offensive weapons.

Qwest is definitely the orphan Bell. I really don't see Qwest as an attractive acquisition target for several years.

The one thing that Qwest has is its local franchise, and over the next two years it's going to become increasingly embattled as (cable company) Comcast starts rolling out more aggressively with their digital voice service. I don't think they get acquired at all.

People involved in the day-to-day, they often miss turning points. They get beaten down after so many years. Or they're burned out. They may have stock options but don't believe they're going to be valuable.