[46065] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ILEC Map
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Mon Mar 11 22:39:46 2002
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:39:06 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <AAEKJNLHIEEJJGKEPPCNCEAPCCAA.tonym@netins.net> from "Tony Mumm" at Mar 11, 2002 12:44:16 PM
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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Tony Mumm said:
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> If you are talking about ILECs that include smaller independent
> telephone companies, I believe Minnesota and Iowa have the highest
> count. Iowa has around 140 total ILEC companies...
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To be expected. To most folks "REA" meant electricity. But in
reality it meant 100's of small co-op telcos as well, with
borrowing power that a telco startup needed.
While over the years many have sold out to GTE or Citizens,
there are lots left.
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