BST Rebuilding in NOLA?

BellSouth is salvaging equipment from trucks that were underwater and have stripped switching stations bare. Termite damage as well as age and flooding mean some stations made be beyond repair. It's a realistic look of the task at hand by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"Workers like Lafonta are in the early stages of what could be a $600 million restoration project for BellSouth on the Gulf Coast. Service is working in many areas, but in New Orleans, nearly four weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, damage is so bad that legions of workers are still dealing with basic tasks before even beginning the daunting process of restringing phone lines. For now, the first order of business is difficult jobs such as decontaminating major switching facilities. In some cases, whole operations might have to be rebuilt."