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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I agree with Chris. I have a lot of my clients that rely on Level3 carrier products and they would be badly damaged if those products disappeared in CenturyLink
markets. Assuming that the FCC opens a docket on this I will likely file comments. I hope this is not considered small enough that it will just sail through without the FCC at least asking the public for comments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Mitchell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 31, 2016 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Owen Densmore <owen@backspaces.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Richard Lowenberg <rl@1st-mile.org>; 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink to Acquire Level3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think this means that those competing with CL will have a problem in coming years if they used to depend on Level 3 for backhaul. This could introduce a major bottleneck in communities as CL could strangle some of the few competitors
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christopher Mitchell<br>
Director, Community Broadband Networks<br>
Institute for Local Self-Reliance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">https://www.muninetworks.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Owen Densmore <<a href="mailto:owen@backspaces.net" target="_blank">owen@backspaces.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This story is all over the news.<br>
Here's one link.<br>
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<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/centurylink-to-buy-level-3-communications-for-25-billion-1477911639?mod=djemalertTECH" target="_blank">http://www.wsj.com/articles/centurylink-to-buy-level-3-communications-for-25-billion-1477911639?mod=djemalertTECH</a><br>
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