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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 2517954" data-attributes="member: 13098">That is only situationally true.  In large, saturated markets service providers can afford infrastructure improvements.  In geographically large, but sparsely populated markets, service providers do not make infrastructure improvments.  I can't get DSL to all areas in Albuquerque because Qwest doesn't have the infrastructure to support it.  Don't even ask me about DSL to places outside of Albuquerque!  A good portion of the state does not have readily accessible high bandwidth offerings.  Even a cable modem is not ubiquitous in the state.  New Mexico is not the only place where this happens.  Yes, high bandwidth infrastructure will grow where it makes business sense to do that.  But in the places that it doesn't make sense, content providers will need to evaluate whether they need physical media outlets to accomodate demand.</blockquote>