> I am not sure if they are called POTS lines or not ... it would just be the > regular phone line you get for your home or office. Dial up in this area .. Yes, those are POTS. > in rural areas is typically limited to 40-45K - or less - based on the > connection, distance from central stations, etc. He is looking into adding > the compression feature that many ISPs are offering .. not sure if that > would help him with the analog line issue or not. He needs to have digital lines (BRI's, PRI's, or CT-1's) to offer anything more than 33.6 connections. The compression feature - v92 - will only work with digital lines as well. > It is a rural area ... west central Minnesota ... and there is only one > local telephone company. But, other ISPs are available as one can make a > local call to another area with a different telco / ISP. I think his options are: 1) Fight the battle with the regulating bodies 2) Investigate the cost of backhauling his dial-in lines from another LEC (This might only offer a cost-savings or break-even point if he has a lot of lines) 3) Check into reselling - Ikano is a popular choice now that PSI is gone. They were reasonably priced when I looked at them 4) I forgot. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list