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	US West (phone company) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U S West Communications was a regional Bell operating company, one of seven "baby Bells" that were spawned by the antitrust breakup of ATandT in 1983.
		U S West Communications became pioneers in the introduction and rapid system-wide implementation of telephone technologies designed by Bellcore in the 1980s and 1990s.
		U S West, in several complaints that landed the company in court, was accused of failing to meet service needs within a reasonable time frame and practicing predatory billing and collection methods.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_West (1205 words)

	Mail Tribune Business
		The company's troubles were one of a handful of complaints about US West reported as a strike against the phone company enters its second week.
		She said the company had planned to move Aug. 13, but a test of the phone system indicated the line was not working.
		US West spokesman Jim Haynes says the company's managers are tackling the repairs as a priority.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/98/aug98/82598b1.htm (618 words)

	Telephone workers strike US West
		This is the company's first strike since it emerged as one of the regional "Baby Bell" phone companies from the break up of AT and T in 1984.
		US West wants to maintain unlimited levels of overtime this year and has proposed a limit of 65 hours a week starting next year.
		As in the previous negotiations with the telecommunications companies this year, one of the chief concerns of the CWA leadership is getting access to the growing number of nonunion employees who work in US West's growth areas, like data networking and Internet services.
	www.wsws.org /workers/1998/aug1998/cwa-a18.shtml (771 words)

	westword.com \| \| News \| US West's Secrets \| 1997-12-18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		US West has claimed this information is a "trade secret" and could be used against it by potential competitors.
		Consumer advocates say US West's campaign to conceal much of the data it submits to the PUC is a violation of the spirit of the open-records law.
		US West resisted most of these requests, and the PUC found itself involved in an endless series of hearings over whether the information should be made public.
	www.westword.com /issues/1997-12-18/news4.html (861 words)

	WUTC: Utilities staff require better phone service in state if proposed merger is to be approved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Qwest, as the new combined company would be named, must also get regulatory approval for the proposed merger from the Federal Communications Commission and nine of the 14 state regulatory commissions where US West operates.
		US West is the only phone company in the state still using outdated analog switching equipment.
		US West is one of the seven regional Bell operating companies created by the breakup of ATandT in 1982.
	www.wutc.wa.gov /webdocs.nsf/0/f457e50988af72cb88256878005728a8?OpenDocument (870 words)

	Encyclopedia: US West (phone company)
		It was split from the original Bell Labs as part of the negotiated consent decree with the US government, and served Research and Development and standards setting functions for the resulting seven Baby...
		Jump to: navigation, search MediaOne was a cable TV company that was formed in the wake of the 1996 merger between Continental Cablevision and US West Media Group.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/US-West-(phone-company) (2391 words)

	Information Is Everything
		Actually, the room is us West's network-reliability operations center, in Littleton, Colorado, and the screens and numbers track the vitality of the phone company's most basic offering: the telephone dial tone.
		And most companies never think of erecting a large-scale, public scoreboard that posts company or customer-critical information in a way that not only makes it readily available to all workers but also sends the unmistakable message that sharing information is everyone's job.
		Still, very few companies have attempted to put information at the center of a space as large as the one at us West.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/29/benchmark.html (1523 words)

	westword.com \| \| News \| Circling the Wagons \| 1996-11-07 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		US West likes to highlight the diversity of its huge fourteen-state territory with TV advertising that periodically features cowboys chatting on pay phones and pickup trucks rambling through the Sonoran desert.
		US West insists that it loses money on residential service, which it claims is subsidized by the higher rates business customers pay.
		US West executives described themselves as "stunned" by that decision, and the company now seems likely to take its campaign for higher rates into the political arena.
	www.westword.com /issues/1996-11-07/news_toc.html (1355 words)

	Oregon Live: News 3/31/98 -- Directory assistance goes retro, with update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That means US West customers in Oregon and Washington no longer will have to strain their fingers dialing 1, their area code and 555-1212 to find numbers across town or across the country.
		US West, much like everyone else, used it 15 to 20 years ago for local numbers.
		US West says its listings are accurate more than 90 percent of the time.
	www.areacode-info.com /headline/1998/or980331.htm (377 words)

	Frontier, US West acquired
		US West, a Denver-based local phone company, will merge with Qwest Communications International Inc. in a stock swap worth $34.7 billion, or $69 a share.
		US West will now pay a $420 million penalty, instead of $850 million.
		Because Qwest and US West are both based in Denver, the companies should be able to save more money by cutting additional costs.
	www.th-record.com /1999/07/19/telcom19.htm (415 words)

	MSN Tech & Gadgets
		As reported earlier, US West will first buy about 9.5 percent of Global Crossing, followed by a more complete merger of the two companies' businesses after the deal gains regulatory approval.
		US West is the smallest of the remaining independent Baby Bell phone companies, which were carved out of AT&T in 1984.
		US West's local phone peers also are positioning themselves for the day when they are given the green light to enter long distance markets.
	msn-cnet.com.com /2100-1033_3-225919.html (1022 words)

	The Militant - 9/7/98 -- 34,000 Workers Walk Out At US West
		The company's proposal is to have unlimited forced overtime this year and a limit next year of 65 hours per week.
		The company wants to have repair operators and technicians on a new program where their pay would depend on how quickly and accurately their work is done.
		The company is also trying to impose a new health proposal requiring each worker to go with the cheapest HMO in their city.
	www.themilitant.com /1998/6231/6231_3.html (801 words)

	Salt Lake City Weekly - City Beat - Dialing For Dollars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mecham invites US West to show the PSC how the company plans to compensate ratepayers for their interest in the yellow pages.
		Proposed legislation backed by US West asserts that the PSC's restrictions on yellow-pages revenue is stalling the eminent telephone revolution.
		Under new telecommunications laws, big phone companies like AT&T are supposed to help lower rates by competing with US West as an alternative source of local service.
	www.slweekly.com /editorial/1998/city_980212_b.cfm (670 words)

	Pay Phone News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With big phone companies such as Qwest and SBC moving to 50 cents, they have opened the door for COCOTS to do the same and still be somewhat competitive.
		US West began using its new name right away, answering their phones as Qwest, advertising that "US West is now Qwest" and they have even started changing the name that appears on their pay phones to Qwest.
		US West brings more 35 cent phones into Idaho, here is a news article explaining it all.
	www.alleged.com /telephone/Payphone-Directory-Mirror/news.html (1232 words)

	Wired News: Qwest Seeks US West, Frontier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Qwest must first woo US West and Frontier away from their existing suitor, undersea and land-based communications network company Global Crossing.
		US West, regardless of whether it completes its planned $37 billion marriage with Global Crossing, plans to buy 9.5 percent of Global Crossing.
		Both US West and Qwest are based in Denver, and US West has been ahead of other Baby Bells in rolling out high-speed data and Internet services.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,20191,00.html (886 words)

	US West wants merger of equals with Qwest - Jul. 7, 1999
		LONDON (CNNfn) - US West is pushing for a merger of equals with Qwest Communications, and not a deal structured as a takeover of the regional Bell phone company, according to a report published Wednesday.
		US West announced last week that it would talk with Qwest about the offer, with Global Crossing consenting to the discussions.
		As is the case with US West, Frontier is talking to Qwest about its offer, and the Journal reported that the talks between them are progressing.
	money.cnn.com /1999/07/07/deals/qwest (414 words)

	Phone Books Grow In Girth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bottom line, which was dragged out of US West with some reluctance: At least 400 extra pages this year in a book whose constant retrieval from the shelf is one of the few forms of exercise practiced by nearly every couch potato in the land.
		But the alternative would be worse, according to US West experts, who have employed focus groups and reams of consumer research to find out what people want.
		US West Dex prints 1.3 million copies of the Denver white pages, filling 153 semi-trailer trucks.
	www.areacode-info.com /headline/1998/co981015.htm (619 words)

	Industry Standard, The: US West Is Dead, Long Live Qwest - Company Business and Marketing
		The acquisition of US West by Qwest is the first truly grand, large-scale experiment in marrying an old-fashioned copper-wire-based phone company to an upstart, entrepreneurial fiber-optic-networking firm.
		Since the deal closed in June, US West, which traces its heritage back to the origins of the telephone, has been steamrolled by Qwest's corporate culture.
		The merger of Qwest and US West was supposed to be the ultimate combination of old-world and new-world telecoms.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HWW/is_37_3/ai_66809546 (465 words)

	Why I Hate US West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He pointed out that the phone had been our number, the one which was assigned to us on August 14th, and she had to admit that she was just guessing.
		I explained how I had been mistreated from the beginning and I explained that I wanted US West to reimburse me for the mobile phone service I used during the time that US West was supposed to have been providing me with phone service.
		She told me that if I had asked, US West would have provided me with a mobile phone at the time I set up my service, but that there was nothing they were planning on doing about it now.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~phyl/uswest.html (2416 words)

	US West looks to offer video over phone lines \| CNET News.com
		The homes are using an advanced high-speed technology that phone company US West is hoping will put it on an even footing with telecommunications giant AT&T. The Baby Bell aims to offer telephone services and a high-speed Internet connection--as well as 125 channels of television--over a single high-speed pipe.
		The company has had to put its project temporarily on hold while its merger with Qwest Communications International is completed, though US West is still considering expanding the service to new cities next year.
		US West is currently charging about $32 for a full package of digital cable services, and another $35 for the high-speed Net connection--making it comparable or even less expensive than similar services offered by AT&T. TalkBack
	news.com.com /2100-1033-233125.html (1223 words)

	Forbes.com - Magazine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although Qwest q (nyse: q) agreed to buy US West usw (nyse: usw) in June 1999 in a transaction now worth more than $55 billion and the two companies have been working to close the deal by mid-2000, Nacchio held acquisition talks with Deutsche Telekom dt (nyse: dt) without informing Trujillo.
		On the other hand, Deutsche Telekom saw US West, which serves the sparsely populated Rocky Mountain region and has been denied access to long-distance markets by regulators and the courts, as less of a prize.
		US West's 1999 sales rose just 6% to roughly $13 billion, while Qwest's rose 75% to $3.9 billion.
	www.forbes.com /2000/03/10/mu5_print.html (661 words)

	Mail Tribune Business
		Nobody at US West is praying for rain, but after three winters that taxed the phone company's already-beleagured repair service, officials think this year will be better.
		Complaints about delays in repairs and new installations have dogged US West since 1994 when cost-cutting, layoffs and consolidation slashed the number of phone company service centers from 560 to 26.
		Huss blamed a combination of factors for the phone company's problems in Oregon, including three "horrendous" winters, a "clumsy" restructuring and "spectacular" growth.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/97/nov/11597b2.htm (463 words)

	BBC News \| The Company File \| Bidding war for US telecoms
		Qwest said it has bid for US West and Frontier in separate transactions for a total of $55bn in cash and equity and $11.4bn in assumed debt.
		Qwest's offer for US West represents a 25% premium over the original value of Global Crossing's bid and its offer for Frontier is 19% higher than Global Crossing's.
		US West said its board of directors will review Qwest's offer but the company declined to comment further.
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/business/the_company_file/newsid_368000/368693.stm (437 words)

	Trials And Tribulations With US West
		It grew to have several lines, and in those days, the phone company had no clue what a modem was.
		US West came out and marked where the previous cable had been buried and we carefully avoided it, but after it was over, the phone lines were dead and we found shredded cable about a foot from the line they'd drawn.
		A phone bill was a little overdue, and I tried to call in to get it paid, but gave up after getting put on hold for an hour, and then when trying later, got busy signals.
	www.rdrop.com /agora/usworst.html (1956 words)

	OCB Tracker - Feb 1999 - Native-Owned Phone Company Doing Fine
		The phone company, based out of Chandler, Arizona is an 11-year old company which services the Gila River Reservation, a daunting job at best.
		Before the arrival of the new company, some tribal members had a long trip to make if they had to make a phone call, and occasionally couldn’t get there - the Gila River floods during the winter, and separates some of the more distant residents from the areas which had access to phones.
		The company also plans to offer interactive television and expand the phone system at the Lone Butte industrial park near south Chandler, which is nearing capacity.
	www.ocbtracker.com /9902phone.html (780 words)

	US West plans to install extra phone lines for Ramsey case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		US West plans to have nearly 300 phone lines available at the Boulder County Justice Center for reporters covering the conclusion of the JonBenét Ramsey grand jury investigation.
		US West crews have completed most of their work and should be done within a few days.
		The phone company has borne the brunt of heated criticism lately over installation delays and perceived customer service snafus.
	www.bouldernews.com /extra/ramsey/1999/0917ramsey.html (467 words)

	MSN Tech & Gadgets
		Mergers of the big local phone companies, such as Bell Atlantic and GTE, or SBC Communications and Ameritech, are creating networks that each would reach close to a third of U.S. homes.
		As a result, Net companies still will be interested in partnering with US West, but the merger won't make the combined firm much more attractive to bandwidth-hungry Internet players, analysts said.
		Although US West's service area covers just 10 percent of the U.S. population, the company has rolled out DSL services more quickly than its peers, and services about 40 percent of the country's total DSL subscribers.
	msn-cnet.com.com /2100-1033_3-226032.html (731 words)

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