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Julian Hall wrote: > Hi Shaun, > > That doesn't seem to bother the utility companies - gas, electricity, > water - when they regularly dig up the pavements. In fact if they > coordinated their efforts[1] then they could bury phone lines while > taking advantage of other works already going on. They would obviously > have some instances (probably a lot) where they were the only reason the > road/pavement was up, but I don't think inconvenience to the public is > the reason they don't do it. Cost, yes I'll agree there, but that's > probably the only reason, and considering they are not in the main > delivering what they promise, then I think we as consumers have a right > to expect some investment until they do. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > [1] I know, silly me, but I can dream can't I? :) > Yes, exactly, costs. They have to look after their shareholders, don't they. Not forgetting that, IMHO, BT are the second greediest company in the world. (I'll leave you to work out number one.) Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html