One Europe: The Dream of Unity : Busy Signals
Wanna talk? It’s far easier in the United States and Japan than in Europe. (Telephone sets per 1,000 residents, 1987) Portugal: 159 Greece: 175 Ireland: 228 Luxembourg: 249 Italy: 257 Belgium: 320 Netherlands: 325 France: 333 Britain: 347 Spain: 368 Germany: 385 Japan: 587 United States: 811 Source: U.S Survey of Current Business.
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