hey farmer thanks for the input ive been in the buisness for 15yrs ive done service for 5yrs, (sweep,rebuild,maintenance,hardening,leakagefor 10yrs) I finally just started on my own 5 months ago as a contractor, not sure if it was a good thing or not work being a little slow right now. Basically im tring to figure out if there will be any contract work generated from the cable companys doing telephony. From reading your post it sounds like sweep & hardening would have to be a on going thing, is there anything else that they may use a contractor for. Thanks!!( or if anybody else has an idea or a oppinion)