That's only if you count Alaska, which is disingenuous at best, given that it's huge, and almost completely unoccupied.

But it has more than its share of bridges, I've heard.

10 years experience using programs that have only existed for 5 years

The honest man's solution of course is to outsource your job to a team with combined experience of 10 years.

The number of towers is irrelevant, as the cost to maintain them must vary wildly. You might as well compare the population densities; Finland has half as many people per square km as USA (16 to 31). Since almost 100% of Finland is covered by at least one GSM network (see coverage maps from Sonera, Elisa), the maintenance cost of the networks per person should also be higher.

What if my underpants don't have pockets?

And equally trivial will be installing that driver to the custom OS they'll run from a booting CD.

AOL is a subsidiary of Time Warner, formerly known as AOL Time Warner, which also has subsidiaries such as Time Inc., Warner Bros Entertainment, etc. To learn more about the history of commerce, go to your nearest Internet.

Since most exterior doors nowadays tend to be glass and metal, it would be difficult to replicate the feat.

I also happen to have several low-cost memory devices that contain what might or might not be top secret US military data. I'll gladly offer them for purchase.

Replace internet with road network, ISP with government that manages the roads, Nexicon with traffic police, copyright infringement with traffic violations, amnesty fees with speeding tickets, and what do you get? My first car analogy!