Re:At what cost access? (Score 1)

Not only is it a business ethics question, but a business practice question. The phone company's own estimates claim only 1000 people as benefiting from this tower. You mention the 40 miles range. Yes, 40 miles in either direction of this tower, there are still only 1000 people. The phone co-op does not intend to profit from the service, they intend to profit by "leasing space on the tower to larger companies" (words of their CEO).

My intended emphasis of the comment is to agree with the initial post and provide another example where a rush to judgement by an ISP results in heartache, financial or otherwise. Poor business ethics can result in unhappy customers and investors.

Our valley is not the only one affected. These towers are a blight on the state of Montana, and anyone who has lived/visited there may very well appreciate that destruction of the natural splendor is a loss to us all. -- Montana