There's an interesting ramble going on with Beppe Grillo's site about the ease of opening up broadband access; it seems that the reason why Italian companies are not embracing the technology is because the phone line suppliers have a monopoly on pricing...in the UK for example, the wholesale cost is much, much lower offering niches for innumerable companies to offer different packages.
[url=http://www.beppegrillo.it/eng/2007/02/italian_digital_divide.html]Beppe Grillo's Blog: Italian digital divide[/url]
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