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Re:Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speed... by sandworm101 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @05:28PM (#31064660)
>> If you figure out how to profitably get wires to people's houses, you solve the ISP's problems. I

Same as they did with electricity a century ago. If you want to provide service to the profitable urban area then you must run wires to the non-urban areas too.

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Re:Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speed... by hedora on Sunday April 17, 2022 @06:03PM (#31064916)
Heh. Instead, you just need to sell the unprofitable parts of your network to Frontier.

Their business model seems to be using sales volume to make up for marginal losses.

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