Is that not what they have done in Australia? On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Toby Fisher wrote: [.] > During the mid-90s, one of our lecturers said (and remember this was > before broadband), rthat BT could save themselves a huge amount of money > by scrapping the pstn (analog phone network) and give, yes give, > *everybody* an isdn line. This is due to the high cost of pstn > maintenance, fraying and aged cabling etc etc. > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at tjfisher.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- "For the last few years, he saw through a glass darkly; but now he sees his savior face to face." - G. W. Bush, about Ronald Reagan