JM> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:45:09 -0500 JM> From: Jeff McAdams JM> And, at that, only after extracting regulatory concessions at both the JM> state and federal levels basically giving them their monopoly back to JM> give them "incentive" to half-*ssed roll out that DSL that is, itself, a JM> mere fraction of what is technically possible. Hear, hear. Interestingly, back in 1997, $local_ilec claimed they were "waiting on the tariff to be approved" for lower ISDN rates. I suspect such a tariff requires filing for any chance of approval. General observation: Both cable and DSL are available, or neither are. That's empirical; don't ask me for an r-squared calculation. ;-) Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc@brics.com -*- jfconmaapaq@intc.net -*- sam@everquick.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter.