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> > But 200 customers is not an ISP, that's a hobby ;)
> 
> You're clearly not very familiar with the rural ISP market.  200 is
> actually pretty good when you're trying to connect up folks in Podunk,
> Iowa. :-)

Or 'Havre, MT', which is about the size of my parent's ISP.  There are
three of them, all about the same size with *very* different connection
plans that seem to suit the different groups they service.




Nate