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Re:Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom ev... by skulle16 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @12:10PM (#27998119)
Great memory. When GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon, they had to spin out their Internet assets which became Genuity. Genuity was a large publicly traded ISP but ultimately went Ch 11 when Verizon did not buy them. Level 3 bought their assets, Qwest (now Lumen) bought Level 3 .

We always liked the name and did check on the mark.

Re:Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom ev... by dsr_ on Friday July 30, 2021 @10:04AM (#28008085)
It's not really a great memory if you were working for one or more of them -- and I was.
Re:Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom ev... by skulle16 on Friday July 30, 2021 @11:42AM (#28009184)
Very cool and you would know. Lots of battle scars from that period in telecom.
Re:Launch HN: Sane IT; mobile mechanics; chat teams; Zoom ev... by skulle16 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @12:17PM (#27998181)
Qwest became Centurylink then Lumen :).