On Tue, October 23, 2007 5:17 pm, Jack Bates wrote:

Sorry, I am the incumbent. ;) I was just thinking of the copper necessary to do such a task on a massive scale. It's definitely not in the ground or on a pole at this point in time. One reason DSL was so desireable for many small ILECs was the recovery of copper from dual phone lines caused by dialup.

Oops - hope I didn't say anything *too* offensive ;) And thanks for the perspective from the "other side". Regards, Tim.