<font color="black">So who does this sound like.</font id="black">
<font color="blue"></font id="blue"><font color="blue">So why is are the states so far behind? The main reason given has to do with the regulatory environment. As the Federal Communications Commission(<font color="red">Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri</font id="red">) tries to untangle how the 1996 Telecommunications Act should be interpreted, the Baby Bells(<font color="red">Hellkom</font id="red">) have manipulated the market by stalling and dragging their feet at every turn. For example, even though the Bells(<font color="red">Hellkom</font id="red">) don't really want to spend money to build facilities in rural areas where the population is less dense, they also do everything they can to block communities(<font color="red">Myadsl</font id="red">) that want to build their own broadband networks.</font id="blue">
<font color="black"></font id="black"><font color="black">Doesn't that remind you of South Africa and isn't this a joke when compared to us:-</font id="black">
<font color="blue"></font id="blue"><font color="blue">Another major contributor to low broadband penetration in the states is the fact that it's just too expensive. I even considered getting rid of my broadband connection this year, because my bills had gotten out of control. I pay $40 a month for broadband access in New York.</font id="blue"><font color="black"></font id="black">
<font color="black"> Different places, same old problems.</font id="black">
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