When GTE and Bell Atlantic merged to become Verizon in 2000, the ISP portion of BBN was included in assets spun off as Genuity, which was then acquired out of bankruptcy by Level 3 Communications in 2003.
When GTE and Bell Atlantic merged to become Verizon in 2000, the ISP division of BBN was included in assets spun off as Genuity, leaving behind the remainder of BBN Technologies. Genuity was later acquired out of bankruptcy by Level 3 Communications in 2003.