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What a lot of North American readers (like yourself) don't seem to understand is that the population density in the countries where 3G coverage is widespread justifies that widespread deployment of 3G technology by giving companies a speedier return on their investment.

and your argument falls on it's face when you look at the deployment of 3G in Australia, and it's population density is far far below North America's