On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:46:53PM -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On Nov 16, 2007, at 11:13, Ed lawson wrote:
> > Regarding telcos, the one thing I seldom see discussed is the fact > > years ago they got a huge tax break premised on the promise to > > create a > > plant providing broadband that was as extensive as the existing copper > > plant. They reaped the windfall, did not deliver their end of the > > bargain, and now they are..well we see don't we. So the > > taxpayer/customer gets to pay twice? > > Hey, it was only $200B of tax money: > > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html > It's not really seldom-discussed :) Bruce Kushnick has been telling that story for a good long time (e.g. on the cybertelecom-l mailing list -- there's a link to the list on www.cybertelecom.org). You can find his stuff at www.teletruth.org (it can be a bit over the top). mm _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
