Topic 'Re: USDA announces $342 million in loans' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21186240 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:40:18 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:40:18 EDT Re: USDA announces $342 million in loans http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21189398 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21189398 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:44:17 EDT Re: USDA announces $342 million in loans http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21188632 said by DustySilicon:

Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc. in Mojave Valley, Ariz., will use a $16.9 million Rural Development telecommunications loan to connect 60 subscribers


WTF! 60 subscribers? Fiber? 2,000 sq. ft. facility? Sounds like a pork barrel loan to me...
Um it's a LOAN. Which by most definitions means it has to be paid back with INTEREST. So who cares? Now if it was a GRANT which doesn't have to be paid back, that's different.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21188632 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:41:24 EDT USDA announces $342 million in loans http://www.dslreports.com/forum/USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21186240 Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc. in Mojave Valley, Ariz., will use a $16.9 million Rural Development telecommunications loan to connect 60 subscribers

WTF! 60 subscribers? Fiber? 2,000 sq. ft. facility? Sounds like a pork barrel loan to me...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/USDA-announces-342-million-in-loans-21186240 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:16:10 EDT