KruzeS on 16 January 2008
| nordlead said: However, I do understand that in Europe that the landlines are in such bad shape that cell phones are better quality and cover those areas that don't even have landlines. |
Nowadays, I really doubt you'll have a better phone infrastructure than most EU countries. Historically, that used to be true, and with cheaper prices too. Maybe that has had something to do with the slower mobile uptake.
But not today. As an example, "average" speed ADSL is considered a "universal service" (just like electricity, or water) in Portugal, which means it must be made available everywhere, to anyone. That by itself demands a reasonable infrastructure. And besides, land-lines have been "universal" for at least a decade, so I seriously doubt it there was ever a place where you had to use a mobile, because you had no access to a land-line. It's just far more convenient.
Reality has a Nintendo bias.
