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That stopped being public land when we sold the right-of-ways.

Moreover, what possible connection could there be between cable right-of-ways and the terms of service for Amazon's own servers?

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Some of those lands you refer to are leased for for the fiber optic conduits. Lvl3 has 12 ducts on one side of a US Highway not far from me (it also has a state highway number). Lvl3 is paying a periodic lease (probably annually) for the right to be there.

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