[GreenKeys] Fiber Optic Routes

[Paul Wills]

It's a great deal:

1) Find a railroad that was built over an "easement" on private property.

2) When the railroad operator no longer wants to operate the line, don't 
abandon it!

3) Instead, apply for "Rails to Trails."  That way, the railroad company can 
"loan" the easement to another group until <LOL> the railroad company 
decides they want the railroad back.

4) The trail authority who now has control of the right of way can make lots 
of money leasing it to the fiber optic company.

5) There's no need to respect the property rights of the original landowner 
who receives nothing in exchange for breaking the original terms of the 
easement.

PDW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Robert House" <Packard42 at gmail.com>
To: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fiber Optic Routes


>I have found it interesting that most former railroad beds that are
> now bicycle trails have fiber optic routes for several carriers.
>
> Don
> K9TTY
>