I used to live in rural and the best to offer was a wimax connection. The problem was there wasn't enough people locally to justify building a second tower to h

I used to live in rural and the best to offer was a wimax connection. The problem was there wasn't enough people locally to justify building a second tower to handle more people, but there were enough people to slow down the single tower they all shared. Ultimately it would have still made money for the company, just not enough, gotta get those earnings up! I also tried satellite providers but they price gouged via bandwidth caps. After about 50gb used for the month you could upgrade to their ultra high bandwidth package, or accept dialup speeds for the rest of the month. I still have plenty of friends who live in these places, and it really has an impact on life. People still use phone books and have regular cable tv. Only recently have some started to cut the cord.