> He eventually arranged for a D.S.L. line and phone service (it cost $10 to bury the cables and run them to his property from the highway two and a half miles

> He eventually arranged for a D.S.L. line and phone service (it cost $10 to bury the cables and run them to his property from the highway two and a half miles away). Either that’s a typo for $10k or he had the nicest phone company in existence.