Re:High density = no digging (Score 4, Insightful)

The Japanese aren't worryied about monetizing every inch of their infrastructure. Here in Canada we're 2 - 3 years behind in technology because the telcos are busy harnessing broadband, wired and otherwise, so they can add to shareholder value, and they have the wonderful auspices of Canada's oldest whorehouse, the CTRC, to protect them while they do.

Government protected, oligopolized hyper-capitalism is the new telecommunications mantra here. The end is nowhere in sight.