[RP TownTalk] Md senator helps pass Telecom immunity

[cranky old coot]

I applaud your motives Dwight, but I have experienced Qwest in Colorado. 
You don't really want their phone service!

Back when this all came to light my guess was that Qwest clocked efforts 
to get a higher profit margin in righteous indignation.

For example, they (Qwest) contracted with the state to provided fiber 
optic service to each county in Colorado. They have completed the 
contract in all counties except one.  Yes, the exception is the county I 
care about. The whole county has only one microwave link for all their 
phone and internet connections. OK, so there is only one town  in the 
county and it is 50 miles from the next town, in the next county down 
the mountain, BUT still...

This is a throttle on the local economy!  Every afternoon as local 
businesses close out their credit card sales, every one else's internet 
service slows down as more of the microwave link is allocated to phone 
service.

Maybe the world is not black & white

COC

Dwight Holmes wrote:
> I'm just sorry Qwest isn't an available option for us 
>