Jay R. Ashworth sez:
This is happening already, and it pushes one of my buttons _really_
hard.The geographic locality of reference of the current Internet is
pathetic. When my telnet session from St Pete to Tampa, Florida, goes
via MAE-East, or worse, MAE-_West_, there's something _seriously_
wrong.
One major "Crazy Eddie" factor you're not acknowledging is:
lines do not cost a linear amount per mile. Sometimes 'longer'
costs way less, due to this magical artifact called a "Tariff"...
(And Jay, if you start claiming there IS logic & reason in the
tariff process, you will get a room next to John Hinkely..)