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Jamie: Who is your ILEC? If you look at Iowa, which has move than 150 independent telephone companies, the broadband penetration rate exceeds 90% http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/util/broadband.html Frank -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Bowden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:31 AM To: [email protected]; NANOG list Subject: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) s/our exchanges/our urban exchanges/ And even then, not so much. I have cable or nothing, and I live in Fairfax Co. 41k line feet from my house to the exchange. In rural areas, most of the population far outside of DSL range. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen <[email protected]> > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Frank Bulk > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:23 PM > To: 'NANOG list' > Subject: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell > big users (fwd) > > > Could you please clarify that comment? USF has made it > possible for us to > serve DSL to almost every customer in our exchanges. > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Bulk > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:50 AM > To: NANOG list > Subject: Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell > big users (fwd) > > > > On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Daniel Senie wrote: > > > A universal service charge could be applied to all bills, with the > > funds going to subsidize rural areas. > > This is already done in the U.S., to no discernible effect. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // 408.527.6376 voice > > Words that come from a machine have no soul. > > -- Duong Van Ngo > > > >
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