Patricia wrote:Are you sure? Why would it be profitable to provide the more costly local Hot Spots than a less costly (per customer) solution?what happened to the idea I heard a couple of years ago about a new technology of miles-wide "hot spots" that were going to be available Real Soon Now?The companies that planned/started to do it discovered that the profit margins weren't there.And what's the damn thing called, again? Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx