Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words: Ah, see, it was the opposite for me - Michigan's wide areas & weird laws (I'm guessing, IANAL ;-) made for strange bedfellows in the telecom industry... IIRC, my late-nite long-distance calling options when I was running 300baud on my CoCo2, in the '84-'86 time frame were (closest to farthest): Soo Canada, 2 miles away - IIRC, it was about $1.50+/min "Inter-LATA" calls (which for me, was anywhere in the Upper Peninsula of MI - the part most people think is either Wisconsin or Canada ;-) the closest connection being the city of Marquette 150 miles away, would be about $0.50-0.55/min, "Out of LATA" but still in Michigan (to the Lower Peninsula, "Land of the Trolls" [1] ;-) the closest being Traverse City, also about 150 miles away was around $0.75-0.80/min. Out of State calls depending on distance - Cali was much more expensive than Ohio, but Wisconsin was cheapest of all, so I called Green Bay, WI - 300+ miles (depending on how tired the crow was ;-) was around $0.35-0.40/min. So, for me, out of state was actually cheaper! Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] Until about 5 years ago, the Mackinac Bridge[2] was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world, and really defines our area. Us'n yoopers (UPers) define "those that live below the Bridge" trolls... think "Three Billy Goats Gruff." It's a term of endearment. Really! ;-) [2] For those who like "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe" - he was just up here a week or two ago shooting a segment for a few days -- all about the constant (summertime, anyway) job of painting the steel segments of the bridge. -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Profile, don't speculate." SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers | Daniel J. Bernstein zmerch at 30below.com |