This not surprising. Telecoms have been accepting govt. subsidies for years while failing to expand in rural areas. Additionally they have been lobbying to inte

This not surprising. Telecoms have been accepting govt. subsidies for years while failing to expand in rural areas. Additionally they have been lobbying to interfere with municipal broadband projects and push anti-competitive legislation in local governments as well. https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadblocks/ https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadbloc... IIRC many parts of Eastern Europe have managed to provide broadband by building mesh networks with wireless backhaul. (MikroTik builds some of these products, Ubiquiti also has others). This should be a reasonable way expand broadband easily in the short term without having to lay fiber across the countryside.