] With Covad (or companies like it, or new companies)
] acting as "fiber middleware" suppliers, and Earthlink (or
] companies like it) investing heavily in last-mile WISP
] solutions for customers, the Bells will be effectively
] bypassed. And voice calls are really just a low-bandwidth
] data service.

A radical idea.

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