[aklug] Re: Introduction...

I helped negotiate the buyout, it was after ACS acquired ATU.

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> On Oct 31, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:
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> IA, as far as I remember, was the 1st provider. I was of the understanding at the time the ATU was a partner from the start, I heard at the time that ATU owned 51%, but I'm not sure how accurate that number is.
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> I think ATU bought them out completely when the sale to Pacific Telecom was being negotiated, before GCI got involved and tried to take ATU instead.
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> IA's ghost is still around...There are still a lot of @alaska.net email accounts around.
>
> On a side note, ran into Pat Wilke the other day. I guess he's living in the Butte area out of Palmer.
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:09 PM, <bryanm@acsalaska.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, October 31, 2014 12:34 pm, Josh Reynolds wrote:
>> > I'm trying to find info in internet alaska, but I'm not finding
>> > anything. Did it get bought out or go under?
>>
>> Internet Alaska was an early (the first?) ISP in Anchorage. It was bought
>> by ACS when they were formed to purchase ATU, the until-then publicly
>> owned telephone utility. I'm sure someone will chime in with corrections
>> or additional details.
>>
>> Welcome, Josh.
>>
>> --
>> Bryan Medsker
>> bryanm@acsalaska.net
>>
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