Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal: As the installer was hooking up my cable router, he said that they will be offering phone service soon. The phone switch is already installed in their building, and I think they are just waiting for the approval to offer it to consumers. Not that long ago the regulators in Canada approved such things, ending the phone company's monopoly. Regards, Robert At 12:01 PM 10/9/99 +0200, Pascal wrote: >On 06-10-1999 01:43 Robert G. Stevens wrote: > >>Who uses a phone anymore? I am on a cable modem ( actuall a cisco cable >>router) that stays connected twenty-four hours a day. I pay the equivalent >>of $25 USD per month for it. > >Robert: > >in Flanders, the northern half of Belgium (about 60% of the population) >there is a company (Telenet) which is offering voice calls over the cable >TV network. You can also have cable internet access for a flat fee of >about 40 USD a month. This started already years ago, Belgium was the >first to have such high-speed cable network in Europe. >Alternatively, there is also ADSL offered by the national phone company >Belgacom, but a higher cost. And tests have shown that, at least for the >moment, cable is more robust and speedier than ADSL, let alone cheaper. > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE > >-------------------------------------------------------- >See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >------------------------------------------------------- >Who else than Leica could make a camera like the R8 ? >With that unique design and above all: that ergonomics. >Nikon ? Canon ? Nobody but Leica ! >------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>> > >