Look at the old mandates that require the firms we used to call telephone companies to maintain their copper-wire phone lines and voice-call switching infrastructure.
Their bet is that India will be an outsourcing centre not just for software but for call centres and other back-office services that can be delivered by wire.
At one point, he tried to call the Poxley volunteer fire department, but the creosote pole that supported the telephone wire had already gone up like a torch, taking his service away.
The scam begins with a phone call that informs the target that he has won millions in an international lottery, but he needs to wire a payment to cover taxes.