This point might make some kind of sense if there were comparable service in areas of the US with approximately 196 people per square km. But service like this

This point might make some kind of sense if there were comparable service in areas of the US with approximately 196 people per square km. But service like this isn't available anywhere in the US, for any population center, at any population density. It's a red herring. Crappy US telecoms services have little to nothing to do with the population densities of the areas they serve.