GTE should maintain the existing service and offer us an opportunity to
choose to *independently* add Deary/Potlatch, etc for the additional cost.
If they need a rate hike for our existing service, then they should break
that cost out separately and propose: 1) a rate hike for existing service,
and 2) a wider local calling region for an additional expense.
In my opinion, the current proposal is a dishonest one. I don't see it as
a small step forward, but rather a botched cartwheel. It should be denied
by the IPUC and a new, straight-forward proposal should be put in its
place.
Tom