Yeah I was struck by the irony of this when it was first released as well. I could not puzzle out why they had set the bar so low. I still don’t know, but today I read about Telekom Austria breaking the news that they are rolling out 100Mb/s over the next few years, with an eye to go Gigabit as well.

I just hope we’re not the last to reach that threshold…

Also, I’d like to hear your thoughts on the feasibility of building nationwide Gigabit infrastructure. Naturally it’s harder in a country as big as the US (versus Austria, roughly the size of Maine), but you indicated it could be done. Let’s think big!