XPost: nz.comp   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-12-15 07:47:54 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   > On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:04:46 +1300, David Goodwin wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The plain old telephone system has suffered the same fate - too few   
   >> paying customers to cover the cost of upgrading and maintaining all the   
   >> telephone exchanges, so its all being switched off.   
   >   
   > I still have landline POTS service. The difference is it’s now over fibre.   
   > It is the physical copper cabling that is being retired.   
      
   "Retired", but usually left in place in the case of underground lines.   
   Maybe they'll bother to pull it out whenever they have to dig holes for   
   some other reason, but I wouldn't bet on it.   
      
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