>I even challenged HN readers to come up with a country that made a worse mess of its communications and I've had no takers!

Canada.

OK. Reasons, instances?

I rather like my views being changed by good arguments/new facts. :-)

BLKNSLVR 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

Great vestiges of the British Empire both. Kowtowing to the modern version of the aristocracy. The more things change the more they stay the same.

	▲	hilbert42 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		And I agree, but it's also complex socioeconomic problem. That's not to say they're not interrelated because they are. Of course, the devil's in the detail—coupling factor(s), etc. (See my rather late reply to protocolture. Often by the time I bother to check replies the story is long dead). :-)