I have been scanning the materials on the various telecommunication WWW sites looking for a summary on the role of the Joint State and Federal Board, but haven't found one yet. Any suggestions? In general I am interested in finding out what decisions the states will have to make regarding universal service, universal service funds, and advanced telecommunications (i.e. direct or dial-up access to the Internet) once the Joint Board and FCC finish their work in this area. Does anyone have a sense of timeline on this? I coordinate the State of Minnesota's WWW project and the access to the Internet by the general public (be it through public access sites, from home, or at work) will have a lot to with how aggressive governments will be in the development of advanced information/transaction services. Sincerely, Steven Clift Project Coordinator, North Star clift@northstar.state.mn.us http://www.state.mn.us P.S. Have any states began to measure indicators of competitive Internet dial-up markets? Or simply quantified the number/percentage of local telephone exchanges with zero, one, two, or more than three providers of _local_ dial-up to the Internet? How about evaluation of Internet dial-up costs in competitive versus non-competitive areas?