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Why are all your maps only of the Western US? Most people live in the eastern half. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/vfwjsc/approximate_map_of_populat
by xp84 1y ago
Why are all your maps only of the Western US? Most people live in the eastern half.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/vfwjsc/approximate_map_of_population_distribution_in_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/vfwjsc/approximate...
I know a lot of the West has terrible broadband, but a not insignificant majority of that land area is uninhabited federal land -- wilderness, such as high mountains, desert, etc. By focusing on the West and focusing on maps that don't acknowledge inhabitedness as an important factor, it confuses the issue.
I'd argue it's more of a travesty that actual fiber optic internet is only available in maybe 15% of addresses nationwide, than the white holes in Eastern Oregon or Northern Nevada. One major reason I believe this is that even at my house, where I have "gigabit" available via DOCSIS, my upload is barely 20Mbps and I have a bandwidth cap of 1.25TB a month which means if I saturate my bandwidth I can only use it for 2 hours 46 minutes per month.
If you compare "things that would be possible if everyone had a 500Mbps upload without a bandwidth cap" vs "things I can do on this connection" it's a huge difference.