Re: Muni Fiber and Politics

[Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Herrin" <bill () herrin us>

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Blake Dunlap <ikiris () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > My power is pretty much always on, my water is pretty much always on
> > and safe, my sewer system works, etc etc...
>
> Mine isn't. I lost power for a three days solid last year, I've
> suffered 3 sanitary sewer backflows into my basement the last decade
> and you should see the number of violations the EPA has on file about
> my drinking water system. Only the gas company has managed to keep the
> service on, at least until I had a problem with the way their billing
> department mishandled my bill. Didn't get solved until it went to the
> lawyers.
>
> And I'm in the burbs a half dozen miles from Washington DC. God help
> folks in a truly remote location.

So, could you then, Bill, convince us that your opinion isn't based 
on confusing anecdotes for data? :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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