So are you are saying that without regulation to "redistribute wealth," many (most?) residential customers would have no telephone service?
No, I'm saying that it's a cost of doing business. State tariffs normally cap rate of return, set prices and define, strictly, performance standards. If I fail to meet those standards I'm OOB.
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