Re: [Sheflug] Re: BlueYonder

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> Umm... telephones??? The telephone, when it first started and for the
> next fifty-odd years, was always rented from the post office - you would
> pay a monthly rental fee for the line equipment, as well as the service
> itself.

This I wasn't aware of, I admit.

> To be fair, there have always been a number of services which gave you
> access to rented equipment. Even stuff like your electricity is using
> rented equipment - your meter, for example, is unlikely to be your
> property, I believe, same with gas and water (if you have a water
> meter).

Is it actually classed as rented though? I admit I didn't think of 
leccy/gas/water, but they just seemed sensible or logical else how would you 
be chartged (though with water, not everyone has a meter so your charged a 
fixed fee -- I can't comment on if this is a good thing or no as I don't have 
any information/stats etc... to refer to myself).

> Electrical equipment is dangerous, remember, 

. o O ( what's this capacitor do ... it's got 250V on the side of it *bzzt* 
*arrghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!* )

> And to be honest, people who 'know' how things
> work are often the worst for breaking them.

*guilty* I've got a radio or two back with the folks that I dismanteled years 
ago and haven't worked since :) Engineer in training, I was :)

Chris...


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