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by nitrogen 3832 days ago
Before the frequencies were reallocated to mobile usage, Sprint ran a cable-modem-over-wireless product called Broadband Direct that was pretty nice for its time. The system had a 30+ mile range to the towers, so lots of area could be covered with few towers.

The DSL/cable discrepancy also used to be smaller, and there were more, smaller cable providers.