That's because you're in the UK. I was similarly confused until I visited the San Francisco in the U.S. I quickly learned that on AT&T, first of all half the time your call will just fail with an error message. The rest of the time it'll be cut short after a few minutes for no good reason (reception OK etc).

The iPhone excuse is such BS. Here in Sweden we've seen a order of a magnitude of growth in data usage thanks to everyone and their cousin getting HSDPA data cards for their laptops, and our networks are still stable. And this is in the proud home of The Pirate Bay. And don't come with the "the US is bigger" excuse - sweden actually has a _lower_ population density. We're a country the size of California with a population [read: maximum subscriber base] smaller than the greater Los Angeles. And these is split up among 4 carriers.)

It does, but this particular ISP sells uncapped 100/100 Mbit internet connections for $15/mo. The best home router you can buy tops out at about 15 MBit/s, because they're made out of cheap parts and designed for weak DSL/Cable connections. Trying to use a home router on this connection would probably cause it to melt.