Most areas in the US only has a single a provider by design. They lobbied so that local governments can’t offer municipal broadband and other for-profit companies just sign shadow deals with each other to maintain monopoly.
Yup, I actually live in one of those areas. I used the local cable internet provider, as they were the only option. They were actually really good, when they were locally owned. Then they got bought out by an large provider and went to shit. We ended up moving to T-Mobile’s Home Internet to escape that trap. While cellular based internet does have it’s own issues, it is breaking the stranglehold incumbent ISPs have on a lot of markets.
Most areas in the US only has a single a provider by design. They lobbied so that local governments can’t offer municipal broadband and other for-profit companies just sign shadow deals with each other to maintain monopoly.
Yup, I actually live in one of those areas. I used the local cable internet provider, as they were the only option. They were actually really good, when they were locally owned. Then they got bought out by an large provider and went to shit. We ended up moving to T-Mobile’s Home Internet to escape that trap. While cellular based internet does have it’s own issues, it is breaking the stranglehold incumbent ISPs have on a lot of markets.