Report: Verizon in Talks to Buy Wide Open West's Chicago Network Verizon is in talks to buy Wide Open West's Chicago fiber network, Reuters reports. Anonymous sources tell the news outlet that the deal would be priced somewhere around $200 million, and would help Verizon focus primarily on fueling backhaul connectivity for the company's 5G wireless broadband expansion plans. Verizon already uses this network for wireless backhaul, and since around 2014, Wide Open West has deployed somewhere around 1,200 miles of fiber at Verizon's behest. The deal comes after Charter Communications reportedly rejected a $100 billion acquisition offer from Verizon for much the same purpose.







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SmivMoc

join:2010-01-03 2 recommendations SmivMoc Member They're gonna flip it to Frontier for some extra cash.

Anon25381

@rr.com 2 recommendations Anon25381 Anon Big red aka Big liar Now want to buy a cable company, yet they claim they have fiber to go from earth to Mars and Back and here they want to deal for 1,200 mile of fiber for 200M. Start up the FiOS build out and make your own network you lazy P*@**@ company. :@