DrFred,
Thanks for your contribution! Our 30 yr old phone lines have
splices in the splices, but the phone works, sorta...(that wasn't
my rant on 'socialism', but I appreciate your kick in.)

I'm with TheHead, for a change: we are pretty 'rural' and have
med high speed wireless, 8011 g sumpin, up here on the mtn.
Faster than Verizon's bs air card, and gives 13-1400 dwn and
400-600 up. Cable or DSL will not get up here in my lifetime.
Wild Blue and HughesNet are not avail here in far western NC.

I miss my ComCrap down in our winter FL house.