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

[Chip Fetrow]

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.