FOX News: FCC announces plans to upgrade century-old phone system

[Phil]

You surprise me. In the UK the copper value paid for our entire conversion 20 years ago - and copper commands a much higher price in real terms now. Oh well, it'll be a future resource for you.

Phil M1GWZ


On 22 Nov 2013, at 22:39, Chip Fetrow wrote:

> The copper cable would be very expensive to remove, so most places it is being abandoned in place.
> 
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:54 PM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:
> 
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:46:06 +0000
>> From: Phil <philmt59 at aol.com>
>> To: Tacos reflector <tacos at amrad.org>
>> Subject: Re: FOX News: FCC announces plans to upgrade century-old
>> 	phone system
>> 
>> Of course, the real driving force behind the hardware update from copper wire to optical fibre is that the value of the copper will most likely pay for the whole conversion, and yield a profit.
>> 
>> Phil M1GWZ