Topeka ? In 1999, SBC Communications Inc. agreed to provide its digital subscriber line, or DSL, service for high-speed Internet access to nearly any customer who wanted it in eight communities.

They were: Hays, Hutchinson, Kansas City, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina, Topeka and Wichita.

SBC also agreed to bring at least limited DSL service to 16 other communities.

They were: Arkansas City, Bonner Springs, Coffeyville, Dodge City, El Dorado, Emporia, Garden City, Great Bend, Independence, Leavenworth, Liberal, McPherson, Newton, Ottawa, Parsons and Pittsburg.

On Thursday, after seeking more time to meet those 1999 commitments, SBC agreed to add an additional 81 communities to the list of those to receive at least limited DSL service.

They are: Abilene, Anthony, Atchison, Atwood, Auburn, Augusta, Belleville, Beloit, Benton, Blue Rapids, Caney, Carbondale, Chanute, Cheney, Cherryvale, Clay Center, Colby, Colwich, Concordia, Cottonwood Falls, DeSoto, Douglass, Ellsworth, Erie, Eudora, Eureka, Fort Scott, Goddard, Goodland, Greensburg, Halstead, Harper, Herington, Holcomb, Hoxie, Humboldt, Iola, Kechi, Kingman, Kinsley, LaCrosse, Lansing, Larned, Lecompton, Lincoln, Lindsborg, Lyons and Marion.

Also: Marysville, Meade, Medicine Lodge, Minneapolis, Mulvane, Neodesha, Norton, Oakley, Oberlin, Paola, Phillipsburg, Plains, Plainville, Pratt, Rose Hill, Sabetha, Scott City, Sedan, Sedgwick, Seneca, Smith Center, St. Francis, Stockton, Sublette, Tonganoxie, Topeka’s northern portion, Valley Center, Washington, Waterville, Wellington, Whitewater, Winfield, and Yates Center.