Fun fact: AT&T played a large role in f###ing SA's internet up; with dodgy political deals, lousy infrastructure support and horrific bandwidth caps.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/07/08/26/1642210/How-SBC-ATam...
[edit] Slashdot article link is dead, copy here: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/1090.html