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Satellite and wired internet are not the future.
The future is to just use our phones and cell towers.
Hi, I’m someone working on the rural fiber expansions. Those are what we use to feed the cell towers. You don’t want to rely on microwave or what else have you.
Right. It's way cheaper to connect cell towers than residences.
There's no way we're going to be laying down fiber to reach all or even most US residences.
80% of the USA lives within urban areas (source). Urban "fiberization" is absolutely within reach.
Agree that running fiber out to very remote areas is tricky, but even then it's probably not prohibitive for all but the most remote locations.