In reply to summo:
> I think the outcome should be settled on fact. Phone records of the past 5 years and a specific map showing phone coverage for 999 calls on the hillside (ie cross network) and the number of landlines in farms that could be utilised in an emergency. Posterity and nostalgia for red boxes should not really sway the argument.
> If phone coverage is so bad. Why aren't the locals in the valley bottom desperate to keep it, or using it now? The hill users have the option of high ground compared to those living in the bottom.
> If there is a strong evidence based case then BT will back down, as if anything went wrong in the future due to a lack of a red box. It would be to blame.
> Some countries would place a dedicated emergency phone, (UK motorway style), a direct link to an operator, only a post mounted weather proof box so it is cheap to keep etc... Sadly I think it would just get vandalised with in months.
I can't understand why you would want to argue about this issue.