On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:47:21 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:

AIUI, standard ISDN2e lines are classified with business service (at
the line rental they charge, I would hope so).

You could get ISDN on residential if you really wanted it. However the
rental was the same but the terms where residental, so slower response
to faults, lower compenstation.

Highway lines can be either residential or business.

With different offerings depending on the srevice. No MSN on Home
Highway for example.

There are the cable TV operators, of course, but they seem to be
genetically incapable of providing a reliable telecomms service
especially to businesses.

And only put the cable in where they feel they might get a chance of
any return. *All* of the country has a cable company holding the
franchise for a given area but only the urban/densely populated areas
actually get to see any service.

A couple of years ago there was talk of fibre being laid between here
and Penrith. The cable franchise holder said they would cable the town
for free if the link was provided. Note the town, not the two villages
of Nenthead or Garrigill or all the outlying farms/houses.

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