Then become a telco and offer new phone lines to your ISP customers :) I do agree though that telcos have quite a few unfair advantages.. On Fri, Nov 28, 1997 at 10:28:19AM -0800, Peter Lalor wrote: > >>>Dial-up may be dead in two years' time in the US (?), but over here it > >>>will take longer. AO/DI would still be of some interest. > >> > >>Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha (maniacal laugh continues...) Somehow I don't think our 100 > >>million-odd modems will go away that fast. > > > >Then you obviously don't have a telco-monopoly competing with you and > >dumping ADSL into your market at next-to-nothing rates... I felt the > >same as you until we found out about this one in our market... > > Seriously. Pac Bell has started calling our customers when they order ISDN > lines to ask if they want Pac Bell's Internet service too. There oughta be > a law... -- - Steve - Systems Manager - Community Internet Access, Inc. - Gallup and Grants, New Mexico ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11155.html">(ASCEND) Re: Telco encroachment WAS Pipeline family and Always On/DI?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Peter Lalor <plalor@infoasis.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11202.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 75, 2 channels, and ACO</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11203.html">Re: (ASCEND)56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11155.html">(ASCEND) Re: Telco encroachment WAS Pipeline family and Always On/DI?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11245.html">Re: (ASCEND) Re: Telco encroachment WAS Pipeline family and Always On/DI?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail2.html#11201"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd258.html#11201"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>