Maybe, just maybe, I will have a functional DSL line on Monday. I live on a farm and until recently I was too far from the telephone exchange. I was also too far from the road for cable. Yesterday I was listening to a voice mail from Cincinnati Bell and they were offering to connect me up to their DSL at an intro price of $10/month for the next three months. I was surprised. I called the number they provided to see whether something had changed or whether they had made a mistake. They said my address was in their system as a valid address so I took them up on their offer. I would be more suspicious except that my dial-up speeds have been consistently better for the last two months. I suspect they made a hardware change to support a new subdivision down the road. Anyway, I will know for sure next week.