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by nwatson 2560 days ago
You'll find most U.S. urban areas are just as connected as San Francisco. SF NIMBY mindset prevents infrastructure improvements required to improve connectivity.
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Connectivity can be built if the desire is there.

Paris isn’t particularly high density, and practically everything is historical, but you don’t see big ugly base stations everywhere to provide excellent coverage.

And their telecom (wired and wireless) rates are dirt cheap.