From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Adam H. Kerman"  wrote in message   
   news:lousbh$cla$1@news.albasani.net...   
   > conklin  wrote:   
   >>"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >>>conklin  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>The rural coopertives do better.  SkyBest in the Boone, NC area, has   
   >>>>put in FIOS at my cabin, a place with such a view that only one house   
   >>>>is visible, and that is in the distance. . . .   
   >   
   >>>Yes, George. Must be lovely to have other people pay for your   
   >>>infrastructure.   
   >   
   >>You never know anything except how to be nasty.   
   >   
   > Sorry you think the truth is nasty, but the ratepayers belonging to that   
   > rural cooperative are NOT the ones paying for your infrastructure. That   
   > would be paid for by a surcharge on fees on everyone else's phone bills   
   > elsewhere in the country.   
   >   
   > Do you really believe there's a business case for building a fiber plant   
   > in   
   > a rural area?   
      
   As the copper wire is abandoned everywhere, fiber optic is the only way to   
   go.  I guess you only want phone service in your favorite urban areas.  But   
   relax.  Under the current Republican leadership, we will soon abandon   
   universal phone and mail service soon enough.  Then you can rejoice...but   
   Amtrak will go away too.   
      
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