Something interesting I just learnt in be.telecom (assuming there is nobody
here who knows differently).

It was stated that the Annex A/B refers to the style of ADSL. This means
that you can use Annex B devices in England so long as you have either a
cable modem or separate ADSL modem or router with ethernet port.

The reason why this could be interesting to some people here is that the
prices of Annex B in Germany are far lower, and there are many more
second-hand ones too (7050 on e-bay.de yesterday for 53 Euros + p&p with two
hours to go). Not a bad saving if you don't need the ADSL modem part of it.

Can anyone corroborate/contradict this?

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