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Topic	Rural internet options are so dire.
harley2280 03/13/21 9:17:43 PM #33:	Esrac posted... Well, the reason ISPs don't build more infrastructure in rural areas is because there isn't much of a market there to exploit. Not enough people in enough of a concentrated territory to justify the cost of laying miles and miles of cable. Which is why CAF exists. However there's basically no penalty for an ISP for being noncompliant with the rules for it. So they basically being given free taxpayer money and not being held responsible for what they agreed to do. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 <cite>harley2280 posted [p:951684096] in Rural inte... [t:79347349]...</cite> <quote>Esrac posted...</cite> <quote> Well, the reason ISPs don't build more infrastructure in rural areas is because there isn't much of a market there to exploit. Not enough people in enough of a concentrated territory to justify the cost of laying miles and miles of cable. </quote> Which is why CAF exists. However there's basically no penalty for an ISP for being noncompliant with the rules for it. So they basically being given free taxpayer money and not being held responsible for what they agreed to do. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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