The data is five and a half years old, and from an era when you could theoretically get DSL in major metro areas from a number of different providers, all of which were essentially crushed by the telcos who made it practically impossible to use their phone lines.
Monopoly power, indeed.
Coincendentally, I just finished reading Voodoo Science by Robert Park, which includes a few pages on this very case. It's written by the same Bob Park noted in the above aps.org link. The book is an entertaining non-technical read in itself.
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The data is five and a half years old, and from an era when you could theoretically get DSL in major metro areas from a number of different providers, all of which were essentially crushed by the telcos who made it practically impossible to use their phone lines. Monopoly power, indeed.
Coincendentally, I just finished reading Voodoo Science by Robert Park, which includes a few pages on this very case. It's written by the same Bob Park noted in the above aps.org link. The book is an entertaining non-technical read in itself.