said by fiberguy :

70% of all fire departments are volunteer? where do you get those facts. But... why don't you look at the number of fireman that are volunteer.

Major metros pay their fireman.. They also have larger staffs. Larger cities have larger crews. Boonie departments have far fewer people in the station and there are many of those.. sure, your numbers may work in your favor.. 70%? doubt it. Count the number of paid, .. your figures are off.

You quoted my entire post.. and the question still hasn't been answered.

Why doesn't verizon, qwest, at&t, et all, give away free phone service. Why isn't satellite stepping up to the plate to support the communities in which they take the money from. Why isn't gas and electric free to the stations? Why are the stations not built for free??

Shall I go on?

This whole thread is a BBR attempt to bash the cable company which they often love to do.

So how about it?? How about the "Telephone doesn't give first responders free phones! How dare they!" topic?