We definitely have some problems with old infrastructure, particularly when you're talking about phone lines and DSL. Some houses still have really old lines ru

We definitely have some problems with old infrastructure, particularly when you're talking about phone lines and DSL. Some houses still have really old lines running to them and even older lines inside them (I swear my previous house had phone cable from the 1940's). Tearing out and replacing all that stuff is quite expensive. This is sometimes called the "last mile problem." [1] On the other hand, mobile phones are not a great analogy. Going straight to mobile allows you to skip digging up all the streets in town, but any sort of wired internet you have to put the wires somewhere. Putting in fiber right off the bat is certainly better, but you still had to do all that digging and installing. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile#Existing_delivery_system_problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile#Existing_delivery_sys...