talking about bandwidth

Now surely is the time for regulators to step up to the plate and let users get high speed wired internet.  Countries like Japan, Portugal, Sweden and Russia are already well into replacing standard phone lines with fiber optics.  We see to rush to wireless as a panacea but it doesnt always produce what it appears to offer.  Now we have VIASat and WildBlue offering 12 Mbps satellite broadband in Colorado – can we deploy this everywhere please???  and why shouldnt we – are there perhaps other interested parties that dont think having ubiquitous broadband is good for us?  Oh did I mention the 12 Mbps service costs $50 per month?