I truly loved the story - and went out and found the text online and read it a couple more times. To some extent I think the various replies indicating dissatisfaction, confusion and annoyance are an indication of the strength of this episode. As Dog says, this is not Truth, it is a story. Ambiguity makes it more interesting.
Of course I must admit that much of what drew me to it was the imagery. The notion of basing information transfer on the death of trees with a bit rate measured in hundreds of years made me smile. One of my favorite Escape Pod episodes ever.