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		kridsdale1 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 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 48 days ago [–]

It's because the land-rights were more valuable than the steel rails, which the fiber optic companies bought up.

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