In uk.telecom.broadband Peter Crosland <g6jns@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

: It would seem you recall wrongly. AT&T charge around $26 per month including
: local calls. The local call area is often much smaller than the UK as well.

Possibly - but a single (bundled) example does not disprove anything!

The main point of my argument - that LLU operators should have a line rental
option for DSL only which includes NONE of BTs infrastructure costs (such
as 21CN) - would seem to still apply!