I hear  you.

It's not what alot of people want.

But there's no other practical way.  

Not at this time there isn't.  

*shrug*

Aye, including a CELL into the next playstation would cost too much and there is no machine going to be capable of emulating what goes on inside that beast of a chip for many many years I'd say so it'll have to be something akin to streaming for BC of the ps3.

Basically, you're right on.....basically.

However, a CELL PROCESSOR in itself shouldn't be too much $, but like you said, it's the other components which must be included to make it work that costs the $.....like the XDR ram and the unique bus, for example.

But yeah, PS3 hardware level backwards compatibility for the PS4 is pretty much a no go

Yes the population is smaller but unlike Canada the major cities are spread out  Take the City of Perth West Australia  it is the worlds most isolated capital city in terms of location to another major city and it will be connected , so in terms of distance the back bone will cover a huge geographical area , in the US of you would have lots more cities and towns connected to that back bone but then again that means more subscribers hence more money generated  , still the stumbling block in the US would be that in Australia the Federal and State governments have a long history of infrastructure building ,most of our major infrastructure was built that way  ,  our early railways and utilities where  Govt built initiatives , where yours where private.

When I said the US is spread out I'm talking about the 10s of millions of Americans who are peppered through rural America. Perth may be isolated, but it's still a city and a big one at that. All it takes to connect a house to the internet in Perth is an extra 300 feet of cable. In America it could take 10 miles of cable to ge to just one home. That's uncountable millions of miles of cable that no company is going to lay because they won't make enough money from one family's subscription when it takes so much cable just for them.

yes but the fact is Perth has to be  connected to the rest of Australia so  you have a nation wide backbone , the difference would be how many sub connections you have along the way ,and yes  most certainly it  would face more hurdles in the US as i stated if it where a Govt undertaking that would be easier but you tend to do it privately , still there as to a political push for it to happen here the govt put up the 40 billion dollars and created the NBN company to run it as a wholesaler , still it isn't size holding it back after all  the US as other  nationwide  networks , but the will to do it and a plan that satisfy s competing interests a tall order.