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- From: snoopy@sopwith.uucp (Snoopy)
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- Subject: telco subsidies
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.155446.13240@sopwith.uucp>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 15:54:46 GMT
- References: <1992Aug10.213156.102@xn.ll.mit.edu> <1992Aug12.211954.19466@ssc.wa.com> <1992Aug14.011442.4969@xn.ll.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug14.011442.4969@xn.ll.mit.edu> olsen@xn.ll.mit.edu writes:
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- |>Oh, great! Then the rural users pay thousands of dollars per
- |>month for the "true cost" of providing service into low desity
- |>areas, and the telcos just fight over providing the lowest cost
- |>service to big customers in the city. Some telephone service!
- |
- |IF some residential users (rural or urban) need a subsidy (a thing of
- |which I'm not persuaded, but am willing to consider as possible) then
- |the subsidy should be paid for by all the other subscribers, who
- |benefit from universal service. Why should long-distance networks
- |(data and voice) be the sugar-daddies for everyone else?
-
- Check out how much it costs to run wires several miles to grandma's
- house in the country.
-
- One can make the argument that telephone service should be available
- to everyone at affordable prices, if for no other reason than access
- to emergency services. Most uses of long-distance can be considered
- a luxury, so why not let long-distance subsidise rural?
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