Changing times

In 1997, the Brazilian General Telecommunications Law established that all operators of fixed telephony had an obligation to install thousands of telephone posts scattered across their regions of operation. The idea was to ensure the universalisation of the service. Ten years later, the requirement seems completely outdated. In the region attended by one operator (Brasil Telecom), over 60% of 2500 posts have not had a single user in 2007. Repeating: none!

Times change...

Source: Exame Magazine, Feb'08