Look at Romania. It is pretty similar to the US in density and number of small towns per capita I believe, and ISPs deliver fiber to shitty little towns with 50

Look at Romania. It is pretty similar to the US in density and number of small towns per capita I believe, and ISPs deliver fiber to shitty little towns with 5000 people for the same price as in the city. Somehow the United States can't do that? Then look at Germany, they're squeezing up to 300 Mbps out of copper (really impressive tbh, but it's no fiber) and 4G is atrocious. The UK fairs much better in both. Spain seems to be quietly ahead of both in fiber. It's all about people and politics, not technology or distance when it comes to good Internet.