The GFW isn't as big a problem as the shitty broadband in China. $50,000 USD/month buys the equivalent of a $99/month Time Warner business connection. The GFW

The GFW isn't as big a problem as the shitty broadband in China. $50,000 USD/month buys the equivalent of a $99/month Time Warner business connection. The GFW is a problem because every router in the country is doing filtering and dropping connections, causing high latency and making broadband very expensive. I agree that this means little for Facebook or Twitter, but it likely means that in a few years multi-nationals will actually have usable video-conferencing and internet connectivity that works and doesn't cost a significant fraction of each employee's salary.