2wice t1_iu43mtb wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:27 PM

Bold of you to think rural areas will get anything.

4354523031343932 t1_iu63hto wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:48 PM

I imagine it all depends who gets the funds but some regional fiber ISPs and co-ops have been running a lot of fiber in the midwest the past few years.

BlkOwndYtFam t1_iu4auhi wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:26 PM

I live in a rural area and just recently got fiber.

vegence t1_iu5g1rb wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:07 PM

same here, all I could get is 1.25MBS dsl until about a month ago I finally got rural fiber and now i run at about 950MBS

Thesonomakid t1_iu9j0nr wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:42 PM

I’m involved in inspecting multiple rural builds from the current awards. Some of the places are so rural I question why hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars were awarded to build them out with GPON. Yes, I said hundreds of millions - as in over $300 million to build out fiber to serve around 24,000 in 15 communities.