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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by eyegor on Saturday March 07, 2020 @08:11PM (#22515550)
Lead? Telecom in the US is an oligopoly, with most of the major spending backed by government grants. Many areas are still supported by rotting copper and old 2g/3g towers because there's no incentive for providers to upgrade them. Unless you meant something else by "communications industry".
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by amylene on Saturday March 07, 2020 @08:23PM (#22515600)
That rotting copper is going to be immensely valuable after the collapse.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by kortilla on Saturday March 07, 2020 @10:31PM (#22516163)
Yeah, go check out what type of ISP service you can get in Australia for comparison of a similarly sized country. Get ready for ADSL and quotas.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by kalleboo on Sunday March 08, 2020 @04:25AM (#22516970)
It has nothing to do with size and everything to do with politics. Plenty of small countries have crap internet too.

Australia's internet sucks because the conservative government nerfed the NBN plan.

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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by kortilla on Sunday March 08, 2020 @04:25PM (#22520371)
There is no large country that has amazing Internet everywhere. Size does matter in this regard.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by kalleboo on Sunday March 08, 2020 @11:07PM (#22522630)
"everywhere" is moving the goalposts. The US (and Australia) doesn't even have amazing internet in the cities.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by kortilla on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:30PM (#22532224)
It does, both of the last two metros I lived in offered gig symmetrical fiber to my apartment for $70/mo.
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