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To: D.Lu who wrote (23654)	10/24/2007 11:34:06 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Hello D.Lu, and welcome to the forum! Your situation is not at all uncommon. Even in large, Tier-1 cities there are still pockets of users (neighborhoods) not yet being served DSL. Telcos are not obliged, per se, to provide DSL services to specific neighborhoods. It would be interesting to learn if the telco in your case is actually showing your neighborhood (or zip code) served, though. You might be interested in reading an earlier post, going back to June 28, 2007, that touches on this subject: Message 23661414 Center Spearheads Efforts to Disclose Broadband Data - Telco Deployment by ZIP Code at Issue in Legislation By Drew Clark publicintegrity.org -- FAC ------