I can reveal exclusively on this forum who was on the end of the red telephone line. It was the same person who provided the extensive legal advice prior to the trials...
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I'd say the chances were quite high.
In fact, better than quite high. More like, designed, coded, tested, ready to deploy.
http://www.dephormation.org.uk/serve..._cdr/usage.php
The thing BT haven't yet grasped... there is an eternity of pain ahead when this launches. Endless, unending, utter misery ahead. Without even venturing into the realms of illegal hacking.
I'll spare the details. Pain agony endless suffering and more pain.
That's before anyone makes a DPA section 11 complaint, fraud complaint, computer misuse complaint etc.
Never mind the technical and operational issues of keeping this house of cards running long enough to say "thankyou for phoning the helpdesk - all our operators are busy".