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To: Jim Oravetz who wrote (160)	10/31/2003 10:55:32 AM
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Regulatory Future Uncertain for High-Speed Phone Service People with high-speed Internet connections such as DSL or cable are now able to bypass their local telephone company and get unlimited local and long-distance calling from broadband phone companies. The service is cheaper than traditional phone service. Regulators are likely to require these broadband companies to pony up the fees that traditional phone companies now pay. Jon Kalish reports. npr.org 1 Analysis: Broadband phone companies likely to come under regulatory scrutiny October 30, 2003 BOB EDWARDS, host: People with high-speed Internet connections such as DSL or cable are now able to bypass their local telephone company and get unlimited local and long distance calling from broadband phone companies. Jon Kalish reports that this is cheaper than traditional phone service, but its regulatory future is uncertain. JON KALISH reporting: Thirty-year-old Jimmy Tam(ph) lives in a Manhattan high-rise with a superfast T-1 Internet line. For $35 a month, a New Jersey company .