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I recall there was a voting system by BT circa 2002 to get your local exchange upgraded to "broadband" (i.e. not just 56k dialup) if it wasn't already.


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GJim06/16/2025

No.

It certainly wasn't a voting system. Rather, it was a decent enough system used to help gauge demand in a given area. (Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of demand for ADSL in university towns, and much less in retirement-town-by-the-sea).

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