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[rbanffy]

There is no better incentive than having to compete against subsidized fiber.

[ghaff → rbanffy]

Of course, a lot of that subsidy will come from more urban areas. Which I'm mostly fine with but I imagine a lot of people here are probably not.

[zrail → ghaff]

That’s not how the REA works. It provides loans to rural electric cooperatives at reasonable interest rates.

[rbanffy → ghaff]

Living in society is not free of cost.

[ghaff → rbanffy]

Certainly. I'm just remarking that one sees a lot of negativity here, presumably from city dwellers, with respect to infrastructure subsidies for more spread out areas.

[lonelappde → rbanffy]

Subsidized wireless is better.

[jsymolon → lonelappde]

Lot more bandwidth with fiber.