>
 >>> I know things have changed since then.  Now you may have to
 >>> wait as much as a month here at times, and the waiting time
 >>> in Europe is about at par.
 >>
 >> Things change. Twenty five years ago I had to wait six month for a free
 > pair
 >> wires when I moved for Dokkum to Driebergen. Mind you when you already
 > had a
 >> phone and moved to another place you had priority over new applications.
 > So
 >> had priority. Now they guarantee you have a working phone within 5 work
 > days
 >> When the line is a;lready there you normally have a working phone within
 > thr
 >> days.
 >
 >
 > Yes, they have changed indeed.  I see most phone companies in Europe
 > are no longer state controlled, but for profit business these days.  I
 > think here, some provinces still have provincially owned utilities,
 > such as phone companies, etc.



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                       .....Bob

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