Re your "Time for the long distance providers to extend the use of personal identification numbers from calling cards to residences? One PIN per authorized user. This would have saved me from getting the shaft from one of my recent roomates!" item. We're going to do this with Community Dialtone service. Toll calling is a separate accounting system than the local part of the bill, and each person who uses the phone can get an individual account; the person whose name it's in can require roommates to get their own toll accounts. This way no one gets stuck holding the bill. -gg