>Sure, in Africa they get online with mobile phones, but that's only because it's not profitable _yet_ to run landlines. I'm not sure it will be ever be profit

>Sure, in Africa they get online with mobile phones, but that's only because it's not profitable _yet_ to run landlines. I'm not sure it will be ever be profitable to run landlines. The big issue being that there wont never be public and private monopolies again and that you dont run a line to a single costumer.