[nicoburns]

Seems like it would be a better idea just to subsidise these homes with a regular wired connection...

[zrail]

Lots of areas are unable to get any sort of wired connection for any amount of money.

[nradov]

My parents live in a rural area just outside of Silicon Valley and there is no fiber, cable, or DSL Internet service available at any price. The only options are satellite and Verizon cellular.

[zrail]

Yep. That’s most of the country by land area. Someone I follow on twitter just started construction on a licensed wireless backhaul to his house. Took months to even get the time of day from the ISP and it’s costing thousands of dollars to install.

[nicoburns]

Ah, WiFi trucks make more sense in that case. I was assuming that wired connections were available, just not affordable.

[sidpatil]

From what I understand, wired infrastructure is really expensive to roll out, due to all the property rights that need to be negotiated.