I work in gov't as a contractor, where the USDA does large scale loans for of course the well known providers as well as smaller ones who apply. We're talking h

I work in gov't as a contractor, where the USDA does large scale loans for of course the well known providers as well as smaller ones who apply. We're talking huge loans, great interest rates and their main requirements are, is it rural, is it unserved, census projections of populations to show there that will in fact be paying customers so the provider can earn money and pay back the loan. So when the companies give the run around to unserved areas, it may be smoke and mirrors, it may be that they have applications in the hopper and are waiting, or were rejected. And I'm just speculating (I'm thinking out loud here that's all) but I would NOT be surprised if a bigger company has as service area on lock down with their loan applications, who knows that might be a prohibitive measure that a smaller company couldn't jump in and get that area served with a similar loan. If that were the case, that would annoy me because I like to hear when the smaller companies are providing fantastic service and being good competition for the conglomerates. It's getting to the point where a small number of companies own the pipes and now even content networks. Now I'm going to have to go research this and find out if that strategy is there to benefit the big Telcos. Media and utility consolidation is nearly always a bad sign to me.