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kridsdale1
2 days ago
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Guess I'm a rationalist now
Exact same thing happened with fiber optic cable layers in the late 1990s. On exactly the same routes!
cguess
2 days ago
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It's because the land-rights were more valuable than the steel rails, which the fiber optic companies bought up.
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