No More Landline Expansion in Rural Areas

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No more landline expansion in rural areas

Saarbrücker Zeitung:

… in new developments or rural areas … the company no longer wants to install landlines where they aren’t profitable. … Telekom CEO René Obermann’s company plans to examine whether it should connect new developments to the landline network. If a town or city designates new building areas or fills gaps that Telekom considers unprofitable, no more copper cables will be installed. This could affect city outskirts as well as rural areas.

Oh, that’s priceless. We’ll solve the lack of DSL in the countryside by simply not laying any lines!

Here, take a mobile broadband stick and shut up, country bumpkin. One gigabyte a month should be plenty. If you’re lucky, it’ll even be faster than the ISDN you don’t have.

Now compare that with the fairy tales about network expansion that supposedly justify throttled plans and a price increase for everyone.