TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: $47,000 per Line Installation Cost

$47,000 per Line Installation Cost

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
31 Jan 2005 08:14:47 -0800

1010news radio reported that a rural Lousianna hamlet of 15 people
finally got telephone service. It cost on average $47,000 per line to
install it. The cost will be paid by the small surcharge on all
customer's bills.

See:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TELEPHONE_WILDERNESS?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Who is the 'all' in "surcharge on all
customers"? The 15 residents in that community, all the state-wide
customers of that telco; all that telco's customers everywhere, all of
us who use telephones, or? For 15 residents in a town, $47,000 seems
sort of steep to be paid in 'small surcharges'. PAT]

Post Followup Article Use your browser's quoting feature to quote article into reply
Go to Next message: Telecom dailyLead from USTA: "SBC to Acquire AT&T"
Go to Previous message: Monty Solomon: "DISH Network Passes 11 Million Customer Milestone"
Next in thread: Fred Atkinson: "Re: $47,000 per Line Installation Cost"
May be reply: Fred Atkinson: "Re: $47,000 per Line Installation Cost"
May be reply: Randolph J. Herber: "Re: $47,000 per Line Installation Cost"
May be reply: Tony P.: "Re: $47,000 per Line Installation Cost"
May be reply: Charles Cryderman: "Re: $47,000 per Line Installation Cost"
TELECOM Digest: Home Page