Posted 2/21/2015 18:37 (#4403661 - in reply to #4403358) Subject: RE: Other options for Internet?
The reason they do this is because they are economically forced to by FCC regulations.
Is your local telephone company a member owned cooperative? You would be amazed at the number of people who drop their landlines and unknowing give up their equity stake in the co-op, an amount that can easily run into the thousands of dollars.