Stephen wrote:
> I think that it was a bit earlier than that in the UK but we are much 
> more closely packed.

I'm not sure of the history, but a lot of times, things will go a lot longer 
where they were invented.

For example, in the USA, we had 96%+ landline penetration in residences in 
1980 or so. South Korea had essentially none.  Forward to 2005, and we have 
like 20% of the population having cell phones and 80%+ of south koreans 
having cell phones.

I.e., I wouldn't be surprised that by the time the UK had widespread 
residential phone service, the technology was cheap enough that party lines 
didn't really make sense.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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