Mark Thorson > wrote in :

> Since deregulation, the incentives to invest have
> been turned upside-down. Today, maximizing return
> on investment means running your old equipment
> as long as possible and minimizing investment
> in new equipment. The electrical grid is being
> driven off a cliff, and the vast majority of the
> public is blissfully unaware of the impending doom.
>
>

This applies to Telephone Equipment as well. Not that telephone service is
as important as Electrical Equipment.

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