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

To: JRH who wrote (1553)	6/18/1998 11:58:00 AM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

they were one-time sales as far as i know. i think the breakdown was 24 fibers for GTE, 12-18 for FRO, 6-12 for WCOM... but not sure if the FRO and WCOM numbers ever came public. there is some risk for QWST in this strategy, yes, but look at it this way: they were able to recover most of the buildout costs for the network, but they sold only 5% of their maximum fiber plant. frank, i don't know how FRO, GTE, and WCOM are provisioning their dark fiber. i'm in Hawaii right now and don't have good access to my notes or search tools. i bookmarked your questions and will try to find answers next week. mark