[The Duke]

There are still some things that can't be outsourced or offshored. I started my own business.

Think again. I've started my own business that offshores exactly the services that you're saying can't be offshored. Plenty of satisfied customers, too.

[Noumenon]

Oh, really? The typical small business owner that comprises my customer pbase requires face-to-face contact and an on-site presence in order to properly asses their business methods and address their security issues. Most of them wouldn't dream of dealing with someone who isn't even local much less an American citizen. What I do cannot be effectively done via telephone or website quesionnaire.

Broadband satellite installations also require a physical presence. You can't offshore that, either. The follow-on services and products that the custoemr requires make for a profitable enterprise. No one's going offshore for that.