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New news – Best Buy acquires Speakeasy. Surprising news as one of the nations largest electronic store franchises picks up a high speed / broadband internet company. Kudos for the local Seattle broadband provider being picked up by the monster Best Buy.

“Best Buy For Business is all about helping small businesses grow or operate more efficiently through technology. By joining forces with Speakeasy, a company with a true passion for helping entrepreneurs run their businesses, we are making technology more accessible to small businesses by creating a single source for their IT needs,” said Darren Jackson, Best Buy executive vice president and CFO. “For small businesses and tech-savvy professionals, Speakeasy offers innovative IT and communications services, backed by outstanding network reliability and terrific customer support. We understand the small business customer and know that managing multiple service providers can be challenging. With Speakeasy in our portfolio, we are better equipped to provide our small business customers with one-stop shopping for all of their technology needs. Our goal is to provide small businesses with the resources they need so that they can focus squarely on their customers instead of on technology.”

Why do I immediately assume that Speakeasy service will eventually go in the direction that Geek Squad did or is going?