1. The FSN utilizes a single medium to enable not only all of today's but also tomorrow's telecommunication services.

2. In general, rural customers have the same service expectations as their urban counterparts.

3. On a per subscriber basis, the material cost of fiber optics cable is more significant for rural applications than urban applications.

4. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the resulting push toward deregulation have forced many planners to put their pursuit of FSN solutions on hold.

5. The population shift from city to country has slowed the spread of improvements in telecommunications and computer technology.

6. What option does a local-loop network provider have for providing an FSN?

7. An operator might choose not to own an entire network because __________.

8. An operator might wholesale a portion of its network to another provider in order to ____________.

9. Some of the reasons for the unique characteristics of rural operators include ________________.

10. Approximately ____ of the members of National Rural Telephone Cooperative market the DirectTV, DBS service.