Originally Posted by
westerly
Technology changed dramatically not long before the old NZPO was privatised. TEL had the benefit of electronic exchanges and subscriber toll dialling installed by the NZPO and were not handicapped by the far larger numbers of staff required to run mechanical exchanges and manual toll boards or having to provide a new connection to almost anywhere in the country . Roger Douglas having paid large numbers to leave. Given the restrictions imposed by both parties on capital expenditure and the political pressure applied by MPs in marginal electorates at election time the NZPO wasn,t as bad as FP would have you believe
Westerly