Unfortunatly, its been my experience that the PUCs are not in much better shape when trying to figure out how something like this should be handled than someone like many people on this list that have a large amount of experience dealing with the telco network. I'm really coming .. .. slamming cases that get brought before them quite a bit, but very rarely are there real, significant, telecom policy impacting, convoluted technical issues types of cases brought before at least the KY PSC...of course we are kind of in an area that doesn't have a huge reputation for being technologically advanced (yes, I *am* wearing shoes! ;) but it is rather interesting for the *lack* of significant cases in this realm.
California is quite different, where Pacific Bell has violated peoples' privacy and the FCC's fair access regulations enough that the PUC is promoting a referendum named the "Telecommunications Bill of Rights" or some such likeness. -- Joe Rhett Chief Technology Officer JRhett@ISite.Net ISite Services, Inc. PGP keys and contact information: http://www.noc.isite.net/Staff/