I know who you must be thinking of (i.e., "geographical
limitations" being further than just the wrong part of the
Bay)...

Or maybe I'm wrong.

Z

P.S.: No, what you have to do is convince the government that
teleportation has military applications (actually, it surely
could, to scary degree), and *then* they'll develop it. Our
beloved Interstate Highway System? A "war thing". :-P