Much as the people thronging the halls at CES can enjoy looking at the new toys and playing with the cool leading edge devices, if they don't start to think about the implications of having a US market dominated by the latest, fastest devices then we will never deal with the deeper issues.

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They paid for the investment in network infrastructure and software development that has allowed us to have reliable broadband connectivity, multimedia websites, online chat and all the other cool stuff that we are coming to enjoy and rely upon.

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