Mink, Louisiana finally gets telephone service

[Boyo_Jim]

More correctly, service will begin tomorrow in

the last settlement of full-time residents in Louisiana without phone service, St. Blanc [secretary for the Public Service Commission] said.
“At least that we know about,” he said.

According to the story, the phonce company laid 30 miles of cable at a cost of about $700K, or nearly $50K per telephone. The entire state subsidizes this through a special fee on everyone’s phone bills, which I suppose is a good thing.

Couldn’t the whole state subsidize a few satellite phones and forget the cable?

[TJdude825]

Um, or why don’t they just teach all those people about Voice over IP? :rolleyes:

[chique]

@TJdude825

Um, or why don’t they just teach all those people about Voice over IP? :rolleyes:

Uhhh…don’t you need a cable for that?

[detop]

@AP

Gov. Kathleen Blanco plans to call 83-year-old Mink resident Alma Louise Bolton from Baton Rouge to mark the occasion, which finally connects one of the nation’s last rural areas without access to regular phone service.

…And the following phone call will be a telemarketer

[Sunspace]

@chique

Uhhh…don’t you need a cable for that?

Not necessarily. They could be using radio. 802.16 wireless networking with directional antennas could cover the thirty-mile gap.

[Sternvogel]

I learned about this a few days ago – Believe It or Not!