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> This shows pretty much what I'd expect: coverage is fine in and around cities and less great in rural areas. (The Dakotas are an interesting exception; there'
by demosthanos 1y ago
> This shows pretty much what I'd expect: coverage is fine in and around cities and less great in rural areas. (The Dakotas are an interesting exception; there's a co-op up there that connected a ton of folks with gigabit fiber. Pretty cool!)
Just a warning about the screenshot he's referencing here: the slice of map that he shows is of the western half of the US, which includes a lot of BLM land and other federal property where literally no one lives [0], which makes the map look a lot sparser in rural areas than it is in practice for humans on the ground. If you look instead at the Midwest on this map you'll see pretty decent coverage even in most rural areas.
The weakest coverage for actually-inhabited rural areas seems to be the South and Appalachia.
[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/US_federal_land.agencies.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/US_feder...