I thought all the telecoms were state run in Europe, except in former Communist states? France, UK, Italy, and Spain, I'm pretty sure they are all state run or state "sponsored". Not sure about Germany or the Viking countries.

In a world where freedom is illegal only criminals will have freedom - Brian Densmore

-----Original Message----- From: Zscoundrel

Interesting. If they are successful, we will see a lot more of this in the backwards-assed nations. A large number of second and third world governments (and some of the goofier ones in Europe) own the phone systems and use them as revenue centers. It is really a form of hidden taxation and in most cases it is illegal to do anything that would impact this income.

Kind of like the move in this country to stop the importation of ... beef from Canada.

I actually support this idea. Let the Canadians keep their lethal beef. I'm switching to a Venison diet, I like my brain the way it is ... uninfected. What with UK, Canadian, American, Japanese and many other countries reporting case of diseased beef killing people, who needs it. Beef - It's what's for your last dinner!

;')