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Area of Norway: 148,718 mi² Area of Sweden: 173,732 mi² Area of USA: 3.806 million mi² Even if the densities are similar, infrastructure is harder at scale.
by scott_s 11y ago
Area of Norway: 148,718 mi²
Area of Sweden: 173,732 mi²
Area of USA: 3.806 million mi²
Even if the densities are similar, infrastructure is harder at scale. It's also true that the places in the US with less density tend to have less economic engines.
- lorenzhs 11y agoPopulation density of Norway: 14 people per km². Population density of the USA: 35 people per km². Sure it's hard to do this at scale, but nobody is asking for it to be deployed everywhere at the same time. You could start in populous areas, where it would be cheap to do so, and gradually supply less populated areas.
- douche 11y agoThat's sort of the way it already works... It's never going to make economic sense to put gigabit fiber out to rural areas, unless it is heavily subsidized. If there were some business location that required high speed, people lucky enough to live along the trunk line to that location might get service - that's the only reason I had cable TV as a child.