EU privacy laws, which still are exponentially more restrictive than those of market outliers US, AU express a profound distrust among continental and UK ISP-subscribers of unregulated communications data collection by third parties. Change in Global TLD structural distribution (actual physical secured server locations) do not mitigate that attitude, especially given convergence in deteriorating policies.
If by "internet friendly" the reporter actually means volume of EMAIL, the reporter's inference would be correct. ITC technology is a phone sporting "party line," or broadcast capacity, and therefore ->zero value add to "fax" transmital capability. People with phone and marginal economic gut understand: I'll not pay a premium for one more minute of digital mark-up --unless of course the content is qualified "premium".
And, geezus, I'm carrying a cell phone that connects me to who I know and can touch at any time! Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Is your point that the Internet, or Internet mediated communications, provide no value beyond that provided by a conference phone and a fax machine?
And what exactly does your point about EU privacy restrictions have to do with the notion of "internet-friendliness," a state that is admittedly hard to define?
