> The real reason for the “cartels” in the US is because of the cost of infrastructure versus the subscribers cost. Because the United States is so large there

> The real reason for the “cartels” in the US is because of the cost of infrastructure versus the subscribers cost. Because the United States is so large there are only a few companies that can create the infrastructure required to service large area areas with fiber. The "US is large" argument is non-sense. 40% of the US population lives in a coastal county: * https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/economics-and-demographics.html https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/economics-and-demog... And two-thirds of the population lives with-in 100 miles of the border: * https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/your-rights-border-zone https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/your-rights-bord... The US population is fairly concentrated. And even if it wasn't, looking at history, the US managed to bring electrical cables to just about every household in the country, and later telephone cables. If those two things could be done in the 1900s, why can't fibre be done in the 2000s?