On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:10:01 GMT, mauried@tpg.com.au (Mauried) wrote:

>Power Companies have always been entitled to charge the full cost of
>providing power to people in the bush.
>Why should phone companies be any differant.'

But you have an option. If it is more expensive to get grid power connected you can go solar - cost
was about the same for installation, then nearly free power, just replace a few batteries each year.
No such alternative with phones. If mobile data was affordable, and nextG coverage was available,
you would not need to run copper.