Lack of LMB is smothering e-commerce. It is destroying sales for PCs, servers and routers. It's the big roadblock, behind which rotting computer inventory, busted business models and shattered investor dreams are piling up. I think that DSL and cable are impossible and should be eliminated. They feel no competitive pressure to do so.
Cable is dead.
The carriers labor under mountains of debt and can't afford to upgrade their systems. That leaves wireless. More on this exciting development, so-called WiFi wireless, in my next column.