Just to add another anecdote, I live 30 to 45 minutes (miles) outside of a major US city, just at the cusp of the metropolitan area. I live in a county, not in

Just to add another anecdote, I live 30 to 45 minutes (miles) outside of a major US city, just at the cusp of the metropolitan area. I live in a county, not in any city limits, etc. We have access to at least two different providers offering gigabit service, along with many different speed services below that. We also have various satellite and cellular data options as well. As stated many times before in various comments, articles etc: Sure, ISPs can definitely do better, but considering the landmass of the US and the different population densities, I think things are going pretty well. If you want to move rural enough, then a lot of things are going to become an issue utility wise, including electric, gas, water, internet, etc. The saying goes that you can't have your cake and eat it too. From prevailing comments and articles online it seems people want to be able to blindly pick literally anywhere on a map to live and also expect 100 Mb to gigabit service, not considering any sort of infrastructure that is around the area they have picked to live.