I ran across an interesting document on the FCC web site and was wondering if there was an Internet analog - or maybe there should be. Apparently, the FCC started a Network Reliability Council composed of IECs, LECs, CAPs, and vendors to compose a best practices manual. What makes it interesting is that they surveyed the various carriers five years later to determine which practices had been adopted, to what extent they had been implemented, and whether they were deemed cost effective. The results were rendered in a report from the Office of Engineering & Technology (FCC). I sent mail to the FCC folks yesterday trying to track down the original report to aid me in starting our carrier operations off on the right foot. Does something like this best practices document exist? If not, here is an opportunity for someone to make some money putting one together - I'd gladly pay a couple hundred bucks for one! gratituitous barb follows --> [maybe Metcalfe could write one :-) ] John K. Scoggin, Jr., Staff Technical Consultant, Advanced Technologies / Chief Technical Advisor, Telecom Infrastructure Services Delmarva Power (scoggin@delmarva.com) 302-451-5200