I live in an area that, until recently, had no broadband available. SBC, in it's infinite wisdom, and when it felt good and ready, and it's "customers" were sufficiently insignificant, magnanamously brought in a single fiber line. The demand was extremely high, of course, and fraud rampant. The single line was oversubscribed before it was installed. Cox cable, the only cable company, doesn't think it's very high prices are sufficiently profitable to continue offering service.
Yes, this limits prosperity, and is entirely intentional on the parts of the companies involved.
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I live in an area that, until recently, had no broadband available. SBC, in it's infinite wisdom, and when it felt good and ready, and it's "customers" were sufficiently insignificant, magnanamously brought in a single fiber line. The demand was extremely high, of course, and fraud rampant. The single line was oversubscribed before it was installed. Cox cable, the only cable company, doesn't think it's very high prices are sufficiently profitable to continue offering service.
Yes, this limits prosperity, and is entirely intentional on the parts of the companies involved.