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To: SilentZ who wrote (266381)12/29/2005 7:58:06 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576346
 
"at total cost of $4B) would get you most (in any case, well over 80 percent) of the US population. "

I will grant this. And it would be doable.

"So, to get the other 20 percent you might have to throw in another half a billion or so."

I doubt this. The last 20% is going to be more expensive than the 80%. These are the remote/very low density ones. And probably best served via a wired connection, those that you can get wires to...