You know, the all knowing NY times who think big cities like NYC are the center of the universe and everyone living outside of a big city is a dumb hick.
That's exactly how I read this. This is just some arrogant big city hot shot who thinks America doesn't extent past big cities.
We can barely get 50Mbps to cities let alone 1Gbps. By the time 50Mbps is affordable (~$50/mon) Japan or elsewhere will have >1Gbps. The guy has no idea what he's talking about.