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dembotoz

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10. money--return on investment. dsl is distance sensitive-so you need x number of customers within a

Reply to midnight (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 06:14 PM

Jul 2013

certain distance to make it pay
if you were not wired for the first run thru of cable you are screwed that way

dish? been promised for a really long time--any day now any day now.......

wireless--nice if you are in range--but if you are really rural pretty much a joke and heaven help you if you like movies....

and now it looks like the bastards want to screw around with the internet network that serve a lot of schools and libraries.

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“Get out of your cushy office and take a look around”: A rural Wisconsinite’s open letter to [View all] midnight Jul 2013 OP

Kick. One could easily assume that Tate and the other leaders of the DPW are actually Repukes. Scuba Jul 2013 #1

And by DPW leadership are you including Abele and Clark? midnight Jul 2013 #3

Well, I wasn't, but Abele is a perfect example. Clarke's just a nutjob. Scuba Jul 2013 #4

Yup! Nutters both of them!! hue Jul 2013 #6

kick x 2 ewagner Jul 2013 #2

"Just because a guy has manure on his boots. . ." DinahMoeHum Jul 2013 #5

Mike Tate ought to change his first name to Dick. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #7

so what do you suggest--and I am NOT being sarcastic dembotoz Jul 2013 #8

I'm thinking really hard dembotoz.... And I know you are not being sarcastic... Thank you for your midnight Jul 2013 #9

money--return on investment. dsl is distance sensitive-so you need x number of customers within a dembotoz Jul 2013 #10

Saw this article and thought about this issue: midnight Jul 2013 #11

interesting thing on npr yestererday about how verizon (landline verizon not cell verizon) is trying dembotoz Jul 2013 #12

That's easy. They'll replace them with 1920's technology mojowork_n Jul 2013 #13

I hope everyone will read this whole article by Kathleen Vinehout dragonlady Jul 2013 #14

also of interest was the fact that in the last budget the thugs reduced local control over cell dembotoz Jul 2013 #15

Bill Moyers just put up a good article on land lines, cell towers and profit margins... mojowork_n Jul 2013 #16