At 9:51 1/2/96 -0800, jim bell wrote:

At some point, individual urban and suburban blocks could easily be "guerilla re-wired" for ISP access without serious trenching, etc. The phoneco would still be involved, but in a far lower-profit mode, as the supplier of a single T1 to a multi-block area.

Don't forget about infrared to cross public rights-of-way. I have long dreamed of tossing a piece of coax over the fence to my neighbors. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA