[HAL9000]

You know Arkansas would so be on that list.

I hope so. We'd be better off with Windstream or CenturyTel as our ILEC. We would see much more broadband deployment around the state.

I want to be clear one one point: I think you folks in the field do a great job. It's those bandits in San Antonio who are screwing up everything. I would hope that if AT&T does divest Arkansas wirelines, the local employees would be hired by the new owner.

[Bogey78O]

‘We would see much more broadband deployment around the state.’

That’s my point. You wouldn’t.

Profitable areas are competitive. Non-profitable areas depend on an overall push by the company to see any gain. Rural Arkansas would see broadband when everyone else sees it.