This might make DSL affordable for us cell only users. Right now, I might as well get Cable Internet and basic cable, since that is less than DSL and local phone service. Not to mention the slower speeds of DSL.

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-----Original Message----- From: Behalf Of Garrett Goebel

A SBC AT&T merger date has not yet been set, but 12 months from the day... SBC will have to offer DSL service unbundled from local voice service.

http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=16437 > > The applicants committed to provide, within 12 months of > the Merger Closing Dates, DSL service to in-region > customers without requiring them to also purchase circuit- > switched voice telephone service. The companies will make > the offering for two years from the time it is made > available in a particular state.

-- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist

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