telephone waiting period i've removed this citation of an example for example before privatization a consumer or business would need to wait up to years to get a local telephone line installed from the monopolistic state run telephone company a couple of years after privatization the wait was reduced to just a few days this unsourced claim had been challenged and now someone is claiming personal experience as the source which would make it original research the citation of a precise period of this magnitude for installation of a phone line isn't especially incredible however if it's true it should be reliably sourced tony sidaway