DSL with no landline

[Travis Roy]

> I got my DSL line a few years ago.  They required a local phone line.  
> Then I canceled the phone line but had no trouble keeping the DSL... 
> It's been active ever since.  It's SDSL from Speakeasy fwiw.  I know 
> Speakeasy has been offering DSL sans landline POTS for a while now.

SDSL is totally different then what most places offer (MV, Verizon, 
Earthlink, Etc.) That is ADSL and runs over exsisting copper pair (and 
requires filters on your phones). SDSL runs on it's own copper pair.