From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.219]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BZb9a-0005Jl-00 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:00:30 -0400 Received: from mxip11.cluster1.charter.net (mxip11a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.141]) by mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5DJmqsM060164 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:48:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pc-24-151-13-200.newt1.ct.charter.com (HELO h14me.homelinux.net) (24.151.13.200) by mxip11.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 13 Jun 2004 15:48:52 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5DJmpLM011243 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:48:51 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i5DJmpo9011242 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:48:51 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:48:51 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040613194851.GA11168@gmx.net> References: <20040611165056.GE11774@rednote.net> <000c01c45081$cd709fd0$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: BT Bids Switched Telephones Good-Bye X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:00:31 -0000 -----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" > >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > >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@tjfisher.co.uk > >Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > >ICQ: #61744808 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@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@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-----