Yea. Couldn't agree more. In Japan, I remembered broadband cables are placed on poles before coming to your house, much like electrical wires here. Thus, it would not be wrong to say that the overall cost to roll out broadband is cheaper over there. However, that shouldn't really matter as with competition, broadband prices can be driven down no matter the circumstances.

On the other note, I've recently read an article on Star Biz and was surprised to find that the broadband penetration rate of Malaysia is on par with that of South Korea and Taiwan back in 1996. Now, the delta is super huge. I wonder what were we doing over the past 1 decade. We could have been a nation with blazingly fast and cheap broadband connection if it wasn't for TM Net's reluctance to open up its infrastructure.