@FediThing @pettter @sundogplanets not really, even in the US decades of corruption still leave huge areas of the country with no ISP available outside of dialup or sat. (prestarlink hughesnet was the major provider with their $150/m <1mbit service). There's still large areas that don't have even basic DSL yet, it's taken so long cell and sat are the norm in many areas. Step 1 if you want cables in the US is to break up verizon/at&t who were paid but never actually rolled out the infrastructure.