The choice: Pay BT megabucks, or do something a bit illegal. OK, that’s no choice

On Call Some say that working for The Register is one never-ending holiday, but On Call - our weekly reader-contributed tale of techies being asked to endure atrocious emergencies, has taken a break. This week we therefore present some shorter tales from the On Call mailbag that were sent in response to an On Call from June 2nd, regarding ethernet cable strung through trees to avoid blowing the budget on a WAN, and an On Call from June 30th concerning the perils of international keyboard layouts ....