As we noted last week, a number of the largest ISPs, including Qwest, are staying away from the first round of stimulus funding because, even with a taxpayer cash infusion, they really have little interest in serving and maintaining rural broadband customers. Montana Public Service Commission leaders are begging Qwest to reconsider, because Montana really needs all the help they can get. It continues to be ironic how short of a memory span the press, public and regulators have concerning Qwest's long history of skimping on their network while spending millions to derail more robust fiber to the home alternatives. Why would Montana want service from a company that's not only uninterested in serving it, but has spent millions preventing unwired cities and towns from wiring themselves? Surely some other ISP or WISP is perfectly willing to serve Montana's needs?