[lowmagnet]

when we first moved here we had 15/5 that was actually 6/1 if we were lucky, so Starlink seemed like a good idea, so I got in my reservation early. We finally were able to switch to Starlink and while things were better, it became obvious that they were possibly oversubscribe in our area. Then they put caps in. Then they raised prices.

Then my rural power company saved the day by stringing fibre to EVERY single drop in their system. 1000 symmetric but really more like 950/800 but I'm doing fine, thanks.

I really think fiber is it for rural internet. They have the will to do it and it's rolling out all over in some states.

[lowmagnet]

also: our telco is simultaneously running trunks underground, and we will probably hop on to that (since it's buried) for backup.