That's gonna work great except for the covered rural areas where the forests block the sun from efficient solar and where there are no mobile network services f

That's gonna work great except for the covered rural areas where the forests block the sun from efficient solar and where there are no mobile network services for miles. There are tens of thousands of families living with those conditions. This is the reason the copper network still matters. It's the only thing available for many. I'm 11 miles from the Googleplex and there's no cell, no cable, no fiber and PG&E is out 12 days a year during summer and winter. AT&T's landline is our only assured connection to the outside world and they even plant generators up the road during the winter to keep it alive during power outages. Our neighborhood's only other connection, a WISP that relies on radios mounted a couple hundred feet up tall redwoods, is unreliable during these widespread power outages. We've got AT&T copper and HAM and that's how we reach the sheriff in emergencies, like the raging wildfires of the last few decades. And we've got it good for being in one of the wealthiest counties in the state with nearby population centers. The rural north and big parts of the central valley don't even have the WISPs and often can't drive 5 minutes to a signal like we can. "Just drop a $10 kit" is either magical or lazy thinking.