I worked at a telco a long time ago and was indirectly involved in the installation of a data line to Costa Rica and do not recall anything like the antics in t

I worked at a telco a long time ago and was indirectly involved in the installation of a data line to Costa Rica and do not recall anything like the antics in the article. I would imagine its some kind of status symbol to have your company name be the street address, exactly like we have in the USA, "1 Apple Parkway" in Cupertino. As such everyone in power will want to keep their status symbol of having a "real" postal address, so the system can never be improved without total disruption of local power dynamics.