[jimtorr]

"You feel everybody involved either knew or should have known the spectacular risks that were taken,"

This was a product of boom times. Everyone involved "felt" that the boom would go on forever. If it had continued another two years, of course, the companies laying fiber might have cashed in. As it is, only the fiber makers cashed in.

The people really hurt are the residents of western Oregon. Both of my brothers have had to find service-sector jobs.

[B Knotts]

Well, we used to have a timber industry, once upon a time. But, you know...Cutting Down Trees Is Bad^TM.