FOX News: FCC announces plans to upgrade century-old phone system

[Elton A Sanders]

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On 2013-11-22 20:25, Chip Fetrow wrote:
> I should have specified that it is the underground cables that cost a
> lot to remove.  Overhead cables are much less costly to remove.
> 
> --chip
> 
> On Nov 22, 2013, at 6:39 PM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:
> 
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 23:40:10 +0000
>> From: Phil <philmt59 at aol.com>
>> To: Tacos reflector <tacos at amrad.org>
>> Subject: Re: FOX News: FCC announces plans to upgrade century-old 
>> phone system
>> 
>> You surprise me. In the UK the copper value paid for our entire 
>> conversion 20 years ago - and copper commands a much higher price in 
>> real terms now. Oh well, it'll be a future resource for you.
>> 
>> Phil M1GWZ
>> 
>> On 22 Nov 2013, at 22:39, Chip Fetrow wrote:
>> 
>>> The copper cable would be very expensive to remove, so most places it 
>>> is being abandoned in place.
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