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   Hi August.   
      
   23 May 21 20:45:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    TK>> I let ISDN go about 15 years ago. It was in operation in   
    TK>> parallel with ADSL for some years, but there was no point   
    TK>> paying it for nothing. No more modem callers, and voice   
    TK>> calls went to GSM.   
      
    AA> The dollar is the bottom line, both for distribution as well as   
    AA> for the end-user.  If those wires are constantly in need of   
    AA> reapir, then any opportunity to do away with them sounds   
    AA> practical.   
      
   There were about 5 kilometers of old telephone wire to my house, but ADSL 10/1   
   was working perfect. Now it is gone. :(   
      
    TK>> And just few weeks ago the local telephone company   
    TK>> dismantled the phone wires here.   
      
    AA> I would assume that there is still plenty of above-ground poles   
    AA> to distribute electricity?   
      
   Yes, the poles still exist. But there is demand from our government that power   
   cables should be put underground. And it costs money.   
      
   But then it is storm proof.   
      
   'Tommi   
      
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