@poddster wrote:
If some one has a need for it it can and will be provided so it will happen.
That is how it should have been in the first place.
There were good and valid reason for not creating a hotch potch user pays system, including the high cost of maintenance and operations. The ubiquity increases the cost effectiveness because of the scale. Sure some people can get a fibre connection if they have the big bucks spare to pay for it but why should we facilitate a digital divide when we don't need to? The divide is great enough without increasing it.
