http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=216&doc_id=1322296&; I agree entirely with what she describes. However, what I'm not convinced about is her solution. Classifying broadband as a telecommunications service will burden it with all manner of additional requirements, so that close to half of the monthly bill will become taxes. Like telephone. One thing for sure, though. MVPDs offering ISP service, while technically a slam dunk, can't help but have a conflict of interest. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.