[geeks] wire my house!

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sandwich Maker wrote:

> i read a letter from a local at&t exec in the boston globe business
> sec a few years ago, commenting on verizon's whining about how
> providing clec access was ruining them.  the exec pointed out verizon
> had just boasted to their stockholders that pots svc had a 50% profit
> margin...

Yep, and that is *after* accounting for their massive gold-faucet overhead.

My phone bill used to be $9 a month in 1991, now it is $37/month, same 
service level.

During the same time their costs to provide the service have fallen 
drastically, they even occasionally brag about it.