I seem to have a lot of news today – sorry! If I could think of a way to confine it to one post that wasn’t too abstract I’d do it but some days are just newsy. (Especially if you actually play over the weekend and ignore broadband until Monday.)

The Minneapolis/ St Paul Business Journal just ran an article on Integra upgrades (Integra Telecom plans $10 million network expansion). In August Integra bought Eschelon. Apparently they are preparing to invest in enhancing their broadband offerings and growing their fiber network by about 10 percent. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that they may cut staff in Minnesota as they streamline – but the expectation is that it will be less than 10 percent of the Eschelson staff.

You can learn more about the merger of Eschelon and Integra on their web site.