Marlon, my friend, that is the wrong viewpoint. This is the RIGHT one...
"Imagine the sales I could make if the taxpayers weren't subsidizing CenturyTel." The secret is not to become dependent upon subsidy... The best is to take it from those who have built an entire industry of exploiting it, and let them fall into oblivion. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. > Yeah. And out here Century Tel gets $60 to $109 per month (depending on > who > you talk to) per pots line in USF funds. Gee, I wonder why they require a > pots line for DSL???? And they can sell DSL at retail rates at or below > the > wholesale rates. > > Man, what I could do with an extra $100 per month per sub! > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck McCown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:22 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. > > >> DSL is mostly gravy. It gets shared through NECA in many cases, but it >> doesn't so much to support the local loop. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:54 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. >> >> >>> Well, not quite. >>> >>> A tarrifed pots line pays for the wire in the ground and the upkeep. >>> >>> DSL is gravy. >>> >>> Or did I miss something? >>> marlon >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:53 AM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. >>> >>> >>>> Not true. Not true at all. Cable Companies are not rate of return >>>> regulated. Every dollar they spend is below the line. The ILECS are >>>> strictly regulated as to what can be spent above the line. Tarrifed >>>> rates >>>> ONLY support tarrifed services. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:52 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Why not? >>>>> >>>>> Isn't that kinda what Cable Cos and ILECs Do? >>>>> >>>>> Tom DeReggi >>>>> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >>>>> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Chuck McCown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:37 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> The power company wants to take rate payer money and build a >>>>>> broadband >>>>>> network that will contact each meter for the purpose of managing >>>>>> energy. >>>>>> It >>>>>> will also supply broadband to the homeowner if they want. This >>>>>> should >>>>>> not >>>>>> be allowed. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:34 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Just what we need. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Chuck McCown wrote: >>>>>>>> Time to speak up. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone care to translate this for those among us who don't speak >>>>>>> lawyerese, and who don't live/work in Indiana? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> David Smith >>>>>>> MVN.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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