begin  quoting Gabriel Sechan as of Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:26:59AM -0500:
> >From: boblq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >On Thursday 05 May 2005 09:56 pm, Stewart Stremler wrote:
> >>
> >> Without the AT&T monopoly, the telephone would have taken a lot longer
> >> to become ubiquitous.
> >
> >Debateable.
> 
> Maybe it would be for cities, but it isn't for rural areas.  It takes a lot 
> of money to run lines to out of the way areas, with a low expected return.  
> Look at the problems electricity had, and that broadband has today.

That's exactly what I was thinking of.

-Stewart "All things are debateable. But some only for fun." Stremler

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