Well, sadly the summer vacation at our house in rural France is over and I am back to reality and London - and I have no shortage of OPLAN relevant material and events on which to comment!  First I should let you know how grateful I am to the French telco sector.  Rare words indeed from me!  Let me explain.  Our house is in the middle of nowhere - in the heart of Brittany surrounded by fields, sheep, cows and corn.  Precisely three years ago I was amazed to find that we were within ADSL range of the local France Telecom exchange.  After some research I opted for Cegetel and signed up for a basic 512 kb/s service for 14,90€ a month plus their associated voice package.   All worked well till last year I received smail mail notice that Cegetel was being acquired by neuf Telecom and that I must sign a new contract with the new company, Neuf Cegetel  - but if I did, then I would be rewarded by a 'free' month's service.  I did what I suspect many might do - put the notice in a pending pile and did nothing!...