Brian McIlwrath wrote:[color=blue]
> In uk.telecom.broadband Peter Crosland <g6jns@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>> 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.[/color]
>
> Possibly - but a single (bundled) example does not disprove anything![/color]

What I was saying was that the AT&T charge of around £13 per month was
typical of US rates whereas you were saying it was £3. Your assertion of
the comparative cost was simply wrong by a factor of five. In other words
you argument was meaningless.
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> 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![/color]

The line rental, effectively capped by OFCOM, was determined long before
21CN even started. The costs of the local loop to the subscriber will still
be there even after 21CN is implemented.

Peter Crosland