-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 well anything's better then the current phone system in the US. I'd think we'd be better off if we went back to old step-by-step switches. then even if services sucked you could bluebox all the long distance you wanted. On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 07:51:41PM -0600, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 wrote: > Yep, I've known Evan since 1971, and he doesn't think the modern phone > system is worth a second look. I'm learning all about VOIP, as I'm > pretty sure it's our future. > > > -- > Bill in Denver > > On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, nick G wrote: > > >As Evan Doorbel once said, one day, we'd entirely be in the digital age. > >It's happened, but now much more. Get your telephone recordgings in > >Britain > >while you can...hahahaha. > >Thanks, > >Nick > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Toby Fisher" <toby at tjfisher.co.uk> > >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 8:44 AM > >Subject: Re: BT Bids Switched Telephones Good-Bye > > > > > >On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > >>>From NewsScan Daily > >>11 June 2004 > >> > >> > >>BT TO SHUT DOWN 'CIRCUIT-SWITCHED' NETWORK IN FAVOR OF VOIP > >> U.K. giant British Telecom will gradually shut down its traditional > >>circuit-switched network and migrate over to technologies that route phone > >>calls over the Internet. The change "will deliver our vision of a > >>converged, multimedia world where our customers can access any > >>communications service from any device, anywhere -- at broadband speed," > >>says BT Wholesale CEO Paul Reynolds. The new system will enable each > >>subscriber to have a single phone number for both mobile and fixed-line > >>services, and will make possible such add-on features as family conference > >>calls, video streaming and voice-activated phones. BT estimates that by > >the > >>2008-09 fiscal year, the new network could save it about ??1 billion > >>annually. (AP 10 June 2004) > > > >That's interesting. > > > >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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- After watching my newly-retired dad spend two weeks learning how to make a new folder, it became obvious that "intuitive" mostly means "what the writer or speaker of intuitive likes". -- Bruce Ediger, bediger at teal.csn.org, on X the intuitiveness of a Mac interface -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAzK+i9XVrM3ri110RAkiyAJ4orquLwHOaBwY61Twnq8JTFATuBQCfYUe7 YGdGyvWSJlWh6gUrfjFT8Gc= =Vybw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
