Hi, MIchael: Now I understand. Please pardon my U.S. centric chauvinism. I simply assumed you were in the U.S. Most unwaranted assumption. Bad, Janina, Bad, Bad. PS: I agree with your strategy. I would do the same thing were I in your place. On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Michael wrote: > > Unfortunately, DSL is not available in my area. I don't think that the > provider who has DSL monopolized here in my province of Newfoundland Canada, > is not planning expansion any time soon but get this,the Company > the company has applied for a $5.00 per month rate increase on its phone > service! It would make you thro up what you never ate! > because they own the backbone, I doubt they would allow competitors. > Most likely they're going to receive a royalty from the cable companies > any way. On the other hand, That might change now that Cable high speed is > available in there dialup service area. > The DSL provider will certainly loose a big chunk of there dialup customers > so maybe, just maybe, they might do something. I'm not waiting, > I'm jumping over to cable in a couple of weeks. Even if the DSL > monopolizer, which hasn't been to kind and supportive to its rural dialup > customers, > all of a sudden decides to make plans to launch DSL in the spring, > I won't be jumping back . Screw them! LOL <evil grin> > > Michael > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
