->   PS> Around here, getting a DSL line has been the norm for anybody
->     > who wants an Internet connection for at least the last two
->     > years, and most others have switched their modem or ISDN setup
->     > to DSL...

-> Like many people in world, I live in a place (not far from Chicago, Illinois,
-> USA) where neither ISDN or DSL is available.  :-(

 AS it is constituded in most of the United States Everyone living more
then 18,000 FEET away from their Central Office Switching Station
cannot get DSL. That included LOTS of people Including me. 
 The Telephone can put in "Repeaters"(Mini Centeral Stations) for DSL
coveraqe but in those areas of very low density population the install
cost is too high for the possable return from potential DSL customers.

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