Aug 09 08:24 2017, Tony Langdon wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
TL> @TZUTC: 1000 TL> @MSGID: 3202.fido-ipv6@3:633/410 1defae1b TL> @REPLY: 2:280/464 5989aa66 TL> @TID: SBBSecho 2.27-Linux r1.261 Dec 26 2015 GCC 4.8.2 TL> -=> Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Michiel van der Vlist <=-
WvV>> Then they will fold up the business all together, or sell it to WvV>> someone else. It's still an independent "daughter".
TL> Your ISP sounds a lot like mine - now owned by a much larger company, TL> but maintain their independent operating.
That might be the better way anyway. The daughter ISP is more flexible and can offer services which Ma ISP can't, acting like a special business unit for customized solutions. Usually Ma carrier assimilates the small ISP completely, migrates customers to standard platforms and so on. I've experienced that first hand.