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From: ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro)
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Subject: Re: X on dial-in
Date: 14 Feb 1995 02:54:36 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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In article <3ho94k$p9@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes:
>However, they can just say "it will be uneconomical for us to
>provide any service at all" or "it is not economical to provide
>more than basic service in this area because it would not be cost
>effective for us to upgrade our switch to the DMS-100 because we
>would not make our money back in X many years.

And the public utility commission will ORDER them to provided the service 
and at reasonable rates.

It will be far more economical to provide it than paying escalating 
huge fines for non-compliance. And they will still be forced to provide 
the service, these agencies will get court orders.