Decius wrote:
] ] Aside from users of naked DSL services, an FCC decision
] ] would also affect "cord-cutters," a group of about 20
] ] million U.S. residents who don't have local phone lines
] ] and go solo instead with their cell phones. As a result
] ] of the possible FCC ruling, cord-cutters would have to
] ] buy a local phone line in order to get DSL.
]
] When I moved to Georgia I was informed that I had to have a
] pots line to get DSL. I moved here after 2002.

The Georgia PUC is notorious for being in the hands of BellSouth (Corporate HQ located in Atlanta). Interestingly enough, you don't see a lot of BellSouth pilots or new product intros in GA. Most are in FL, SC, and TN, where the PUCs are more known for being anti-Bell.

RE: Source: FCC to dress 'naked' DSL