I wish it was that easy. It just isn't. The reason many other countries can have broadband MANY times the speed of ours, isn't because our telecomms companies don't invest, it's because they're starting from a fresh canvas. We have to upgrade (replace) kit and that costs crap loads of money. In a way later in life being a the forefront of tech can cost, and that's what we're hitting right now.
What are you saying, countries like Japan didn't have telephones until recently?