 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to pnh102
Re: Goes to show said by pnh102:said by sporkme:I'd be more impressed if Ma Bell never took any government $$ to build out their original deployment. They never did. Any "tax money" that went to deployments was dutifully paid into the USF by customers of Ma Bell. boy you sure are ingorant. |
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| i thought the USF came well after Bell network. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by hottboiinnc:i thought the USF came well after Bell network. the USF was created in 1997. How did Ma bell expand to everywhere from 1876-1996? With help form the government. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to BF69
said by BF69:boy you sure are ingorant. Yawn. Can you prove me wrong.
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This isn't fair! I was only supposed to hate just ONE presidential candidate! |
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| Yes. Telephones were everywhere before 1997 when the USF was created  |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by hottboiinnc:Yes. Telephones were everywhere before 1997 when the USF was created I never claimed that the USF existed prior to 1997, even though my use of the term "Ma Bell" may have been mistaken. It doesn't change the fact that the USF was paid for by ratepayers and not taxpayers.
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cptmilesPremium
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Swayzee, IN | reply to BF69
Ma Bell was granted the most generous gift of all from the government in the 20s and 30s. It was called Monopoly. They didn't expand into rural territories. It was the farmers who created there own plants with no help from anyone and Ma Bell bought them up if it was profitable or strategic. |
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