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Originally posted by .:Frog:.
I know that fact to be true, but it just blows my mind. I've been on a high speed connection for 5 Years
Even poor/third world countries have high speed connections now - whats the deal with people in the West not upgrading?
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it's not the people, it's the companies. telcos have been fighting very hard to make sure that very little DSL gets provisioned - at least, that's how it was for several years. they had to sell some themselves, but they did it at a price point that wasn't profitable to drive competition out. because it wasn't profitable, they couldn't afford to expand as much as they "ought" to have.
competition, other than cable, is dead or near dead. cable is still not profitable, as i understand it.
other countries have it easier because they either have government investments or they don't have "as much to lose" throwing away older technology investments. our telcos are very concerned about getting the most value out of pre-DSL hardware, and follow the "change is bad" mantra of US corporate policy.