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Technology Stocks : Qwest Communications (Q) (formerly QWST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Harry J. who wrote (6334)	6/26/2000 11:39:00 AM
From: mfgrep	Respond to of 6846

Well...this is quite interesting. I am a Q long distance user and I cannot dial out long distance from my office this morning. I called Q and they are aware of the problem. This was a planned outage. They are in the process of "changing over their network". They began at midnight last night and the changeover should have been complete by now. I am certain that this "changeover" is a final obligation by Q to meet FCC rules that apply to the merger of USW and Q. The announcement (upon completion of this "changeover" and other similar loose ends) is absolutely emminent!!!!!!! Ride the Light!!! (and give me back my phone so that I can do business) Jason

To: Harry J. who wrote (6334)	6/26/2000 2:56:00 PM
From: mfgrep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

Well....the fed has approved! here is the copy: FCC issues final approval for Qwest-U S West merger WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - Federal regulators said on Monday that Qwest Communications International Inc. and U S West Inc. have complied with the necessary conditions to complete their proposed $36 billion merger. The Federal Communications Commission said the sale of about $193 million in assets, services and customers to Touch America Inc., a unit of Montana Power Co. , met the agency's requirements to close the deal. Shares of Denver-based Qwest were down 5/16 to 51-3/4 on the New York Stock Exchange while shares of U S West were down 7/16 to 88-13/16 in afternoon trading. ((--Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters, 202-898-8399))