津贴不应该光花在那些偶尔才使用的乡村线路上，而应该用来缓解交通堵塞这一燃眉之急，因为事关城市的各种机能能否正常运转。

Subsidy should be spent not on thinly used rural lines but on improving jammed commuter services needed to keep cities working properly.

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一般来说，乡村和郊区与市区相比，其网络线路铺设距离大，天气环境状况差，从而其网络维护成本更加昂贵。

Rural and suburban installations typically involve longer distances and tougher weather conditions than urban ones, making upkeep of the network more expensive.

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但是对于像Frontier Communications这样的公司，它在今年早些时候从verizon手上购买了14个州的乡村通讯线路，没有什么动机来提供更好的服务。

But for companies like Frontier communications, which bought rural communications lines in 14 states from Verizon earlier this year, there is little incentive to offer something better.

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