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The more sensible solution is in ground based towers. The US rural areas suffering from lack of coverage is due to monopolistic/cartel attitudes of US ISP and c

The more sensible solution is in ground based towers. The US rural areas suffering from lack of coverage is due to monopolistic/cartel attitudes of US ISP and carriers. Other countries don't have this problem and true fee competition made even rural areas have good wired and wireless internet. This is a lack of political will problem (to enforce cartel laws), not a technical one.

DennisP 5y ago
Other countries with the population density of US rural areas? Which ones specifically, and what did it cost them?
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  If Africa can manage it, we probably can. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/08/in-much-of-sub-saharan-africa-mobile-phones-are-more-common-than-access-to-electricity https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/08/in-much-...
  - DennisP 5y ago
    That article is about telephony, not broadband internet. We have telephony everywhere too.
    - ceejayoz 5y ago
      They're using mobile telephony to access broadband internet. https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/blog/the-state-of-mobile-internet-connectivity-in-sub-saharan-africa/ https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/blog/the-state-of-... > Mobile broadband coverage has also increased substantially in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it is still the region with the largest coverage gap; one in five people live in an area without mobile broadband coverage – an estimated 210 million people. If 80% of Africa can manage mobile broadband, it seems likely the USA can.