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Lead? Telecom in the US is an oligopoly, with most of the major spending backed by government grants. Many areas are still supported by rotting copper and old 2

by eyegor 7y ago

Lead? Telecom in the US is an oligopoly, with most of the major spending backed by government grants. Many areas are still supported by rotting copper and old 2g/3g towers because there's no incentive for providers to upgrade them. Unless you meant something else by "communications industry".

amylene 7y ago
That rotting copper is going to be immensely valuable after the collapse.
kortilla 7y ago
Yeah, go check out what type of ISP service you can get in Australia for comparison of a similarly sized country. Get ready for ADSL and quotas.
- kalleboo 7y ago
  It has nothing to do with size and everything to do with politics. Plenty of small countries have crap internet too. Australia's internet sucks because the conservative government nerfed the NBN plan.
  - kortilla 7y ago
    There is no large country that has amazing Internet everywhere. Size does matter in this regard.
    - kalleboo 7y ago
      "everywhere" is moving the goalposts. The US (and Australia) doesn't even have amazing internet in the cities.
      - kortilla 7y ago
        It does, both of the last two metros I lived in offered gig symmetrical fiber to my apartment for $70/mo.