One of the interesting things about rural USA telecom is that many states, as viewed at a whole-state map level, often do have a patchwork quilt of old rural co

One of the interesting things about rural USA telecom is that many states, as viewed at a whole-state map level, often do have a patchwork quilt of old rural coop phone companies and small ILECs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent_local_exchange_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent_local_exchange_carri... In parts of rural western Canada it's very different, if you're in SK in you've got sasktel, if you're in AB you've got the former AGT (now Telus), if you're in BC you've got the former BCTel (also now Telus). Comparing WA and BC, in WA there's pockets of small ILECs all over the place which differ wildly in how much they've invested in overbuilding their old POTS wiring for real rural broadband, and different medium to huge sized ILEC entities covering different big population centers. Ziply (former GTE/Frontier), Centurylink, etc. In BC you've got... Telus. And that's it. And maybe shaw cable if you happen to live kind of near a medium sized city.