Industry

Regulatory Relief

Telephony considers why Glasgow, Kentucky, has the best offer for high-speed access. The municipal power utility offers fiber-to-the-home access to the Internet.

“In the Glasgows of the world, the 10,000 cities our size across the country, people are asking for services from the private sector, and the private sector is choosing not to deliver,” Ray said. “So they say, ‘Well, why don't we do it ourselves?’ Then the phone company comes in and says, ‘Hell no. I'm not going to do it, but you're not going to do it, either.’ These people are just damned to suffer.”

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Another Access Line Lost

We got rid of our POTS home phone line a week ago. This happened after realizing that we were spending almost $60/month for a phone line that was used by telemarketers more than our friends and family.
— [Way.Nu]

The Telemarketing Sales Rule does not distinguish between cellular and wireline telephones, but there may be other regulations that prohibit spamming your cell phone. I hate telemarketers, but it seems to me like this problem is a bastard bred of the credit card and public directories.

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Why would you build a highway without on-ramps?

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