[icedchai]

Yes, they probably want subsidies to remove the cable. Around here (VZ territory), they leave it to rot on the poles. Most of the area is on fiber now. If I walk around the block, I see broken copper cables, wires hanging out, squirrels nesting in the junctions, etc.

[hammock]

>Yes, they probably want subsidies to remove the cable

There's no way it's getting removed in the next 50 years without a subsidy so maybe this is...OK?

[icedchai]

I'd tend to agree, especially if they can put more fiber in place at the same time.

[ipaddr]

subsidy or environmental cleanup fee