Scoop, thanks for posting the notes. I'm speechless at the delinquency rate and the size of the outstanding balance. You can add me to list of those who think they should drop the Qwest direct billing ASAP. There is no benefit to homeowners, and it's putting us further and further in the hole. There's simply no reason to force homeowners to purchase the service from Qwest and create a huge deficit in the budget when those fees are not paid. I'm afraid that number is going to continue to grow; at some point you have to stop the bleeding. It's just a matter of time before they decide to assess an additional fee to recaputre the loss. I already resent paying for Qwest's lousy service that doesn't work. I'm going to be really annoyed when I have to start subsidizing the service for the entire community, too.