Re: ILEC Map

[David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>]

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Tony Mumm said:
> 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...

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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