Imon was not Jack and the Beanstalk
and just poped out of thin air with it network ;)
Goldman is know for its investment in community and not being a FAT Cat bailed out bank lol...
https://www.kcrg.com/2022/02/17/imon-be-acquired-by-goldman-sachs/
http://robkoslowsky.weebly.com/blog/mcleodusa-and-cerent-a-look-back
https://om.co/gigaom/mcleod-usa-in-trouble-again/
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13236878-IA-what-happens-when-Mcleod-USA-closes-its-doors
Find the facts and history of Imon/ ATS
on March 9, 2007, we completed the sale of certain assets comprising our ATS cable and telephony business, which we refer to as ATS, to ImOn Communications, LLC for a purchase price of approximately $16 million. ATS provides cable television services in and around Cedar Rapids and Marion, Iowa, and was not core to our continuing telecommunications business has historically generated approximately $10 million of gross revenue per year. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919943/000104746907002039/a2176594zs-1.htm
Application for consent to assign certain operating assets including customer accounts from McLeodUSA Telecommunications
Services, Inc. (McLeodUSA), an Iowa corporation and wholly- owned subsidiary of McLeodUSA Incorporated, to JB and SG
Communications, LLC (JB and SG), a newly formed Iowa limited liability company. Pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated
October 17, 2006, JB and SG will acquire from McLeodUSA certain assets including its customer base served by its ATS Division in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Marion, Iowa and related network facilities. The following two individuals, both U. S. citizens, hold 10 percent
or greater ownership interest in JB and SG: Jeffrey D. Benjamin (40 percent); Stephen C. Gray (11 percent). After the acquisition,
McLeodUSA will continue to provide services to other existing customers in Cedar Rapids, Marion, and elsewhere pursuant to its
existing international section 214 authorization
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-268617A1.txt
https://www.lightreading.com/business-management/imon-buys-assets
More FCC info https://fcc.report/IBFS/ITC-ASG-20061108-00510
Was the majority owner of Imon at 40% also on these boards
https://www.marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Jeffrey-Benjamin-05GPKZ-E/biography/
https://ir.rackspace.com/board-member/jeffrey-benjamin
https://ir.amark.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors
https://nrgmedia.com/board-of-directors/
Rolling in the Dough
Running the big shows
Calling all the shots
Drop it Like its Hot
Says it local mostly owned out of state
The above image is from 1997 ground breaking for McLeod compound on SW Cedar Rapids Page 150 of Gazette, published in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Sunday, September 28th, 1997