Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

Yet my rural (west of Kentwood) relatives still only have access to
dial-up over phone lines so noisy that the connection never lasts more
than a few minutes.

On 09/07/2011 03:22 PM, John Souvestre wrote:
> Hi Chris.
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> I believe that most of the government grant money for high speed Internet
> went to providing service in rural communities.
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> John
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> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
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> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
> [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:17 pm
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet
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> Wasn't there a huge government grant a while back that was supposed to go
> towards exactly that? Funding for laying down a lot of new wiring.
> Companies like AT&T got a massive chunk of money, then squandered it away
> without actually giving us the improvements we paid for.
>

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