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Here's what bugs me (I'm in "rural" america, but not quite as rural enough). All of these houses have power. They also, in most cases, had phone service. But so

Here's what bugs me (I'm in "rural" america, but not quite as rural enough). All of these houses have power. They also, in most cases, had phone service. But somehow, companies can't manage to get fiber (or even copper) to these places? Something smells foul.

briffle 6y ago
In my old house in WI,a few min from Madison, it was 40,000ft of copper between my house and the central office. They had repeaters that were fine for voice traffic, but DSL is usually 15,000' or less.
Dylan16807 6y ago
It's definitely a motivation problem and not a technology problem. But I will note that normal copper wires are not good for this. You can't get usable speeds past 2-3 miles on telephone wires.
yencabulator 6y ago
The guy who installs DSL around here says the lines are bad enough that it'll reach about 3 Mbps, maybe. This house is wired to cable television, but that doesn't carry any internet.