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To: wattojawa

There has been a rural broadband movement since the early 2000’s.

But, it’s expensive when the density drops to 3 houses per mile. Broadband construction ain’t cheap. At less than 35 homes per mile it made no sense when I was building CATV plant in the 80’s. My guess is it hasn’t gotten any cheaper.


34 posted on 03/20/2020 4:42:44 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

At less than 35 homes per mile it made no sense when I was building CATV plant in the 80’s. My guess is it hasn’t gotten any cheaper.


It’s subsidized, and now they run a fiber out to a node and do cellular.


66 posted on 03/20/2020 5:39:30 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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