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In TX, a number of the rural telco providers already have really good service in the towns they cover. Presumably at least partially due to previous handouts of the universal service fund being used for broadband. So I assume the higher tier rollouts are in similar situations.

For example there is a rural co-op that covers a number of the towns just west of where I live. The towns actually have better service than I do (cheaper, and faster) because the entire town is a mile or two along a major highway, and a few rows of residential streets. The density is at least as good as the suburban area I live in for a square mile or so.

Drive a few miles out of town though, and your on some kind of wireless or sat service.