Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:10:02 on
Wed, 28 May 2008, The Natural Philosopher remarked:
The tails to people's houses are one thing. But the substations and
power beneath the streets is something else!

But they are easier to upgrade, actually. Less of them than the
consumers.

Yes, it just means digging up every street.

What doesn't these days?

They did that round here for
[renewing] the gas mains over the last three years.