FUEL PRICE HIKE--Keith Languell holds a stack of bills near the fuel tank of a truck illustrating the high cost of fuel, at Kennedy Freightlines/Central Ohio Shippers, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 1, 2004. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com for Business First)

CLEAR SIGNAL--Jim Chickerella, left, and Brad McMillen, of Celerity Networks, are seen with their transmitting equipment atop 445 Hutchinson Ave., in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 1, 2004. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com for Business First)