Re: Tyco is buying Broadview (Brinks)

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 18, 10:19=A0pm, "Russell Brill" <russwbr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "mleuck" <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jan 18, 9:25 pm, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Russell Brill wrote:
> > > "mleuck"<m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > On Jan 18, 7:50 pm, mleuck<m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> That'll give Robert Campbell AND Jim Rojas something to bitch about =
:)
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> > >http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=3D9596292
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> > > It looks like the Broadview rebranding wasn't going very well...
> > > Brinks/Broadview will probably quietly disappear sometime in the near
> > > future... I may shed a tear, NOT!!! :-))
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> > Their business plan was sound. But due to certain economic factors, and
> > their attrition rate which was nearing 20 percent, they were just
> > another victim of bad timing.
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> > Instead of being like rats abandoning a sinking ship, they decided to
> > get what they can while they still can get it. Since Tyco has endless
> > deep pockets, and could really care less about customer retention, it
> > just made sense to sell to your largest competitor.
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> > Once I heard that Broadview Networks was going after businesses, it was
> > just a matter of the economy to tip the scales towards collapse.
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> > Jim Rojas
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> They didn't have a 20 percent attrition rate and why would going after
> businesses cause any collapse, thats prime territory and how ADT makes
> profit
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> Because almost 50% of small to mid-sized businesses fold within 1 to 3 ye=
ars
> after starting.... ADT doesn't install free alarm in commercial buildings=
,
> only their bozo dealers do that... Come to think of it, I don't think any=
one
> with a brain installs free systems in commercial............

A huge deal like this doesn't happen overnight, my bet is negotiations
were happening even before Brinks let em go