telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (07/12/90)
According to a recent story in the [Chicago Tribune], phone service of all types in Poland is really the pits. Phone service in the eastern bloc countries has been deteriorating for many years, and apparently Poland is the epitomy of it all, with delays of several years to get service being quite common, and delays of several days to several weeks to get ordinary repairs the norm. They say it is even worse than East Germany. Many small towns in Poland have no service at all. The *newest* phone switch in the country is one in a hotel frequented by American tourists, and it is over twenty years old. No immediate changes are contemplated. Any comments? PT