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Yes, it's expensive. It turns out that the US absolutely DWARFS those *smaller countries* in GDP as well. It might be more expensive... but we have the money.

the US is no. 9 highest country in the world on a GDP/capita and takes up spot no. 4 on the network readiness. All the countries above on the readiness list ranks higher than the US on a GDP/capita, so its not really a bad ranking. The fact that the US combined GDP dwarfs the other countries does'nt really mean anything since its also got a lot more residents (and area) to deliver bandwidth to. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita