Re:Within a few years, Europe will pass America! (Score 1)

of course, one of the major problems in the US, as far as i can tell, is that the telco's had very little incentive until recently to roll out any new technologies. the local baby bells were secure in that they owned the lines, and that the only large-scale networking stuff (all dedicated data and analog lines) were owned by them. DSL didn't take off until the cable companies came out with the cable modems here, and suddenly you see an industry that hasn't released much in the way of consumer inetnet conections suddenly decide that they need to hurry up, or they will lose a market.