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Originally Posted by Bill14564
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) encourages deployment to rural areas though doesn't require it. That program has been in the news lately.
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Unless the encouragement includes financial subsidies the program is worthless. No company is going to run cable in a low density population area unless the cost recovery meets their return on investment hurdle rate. The program needs to require it, not encourage it. The cost would be very small if it’s spread across all subscribers. The people living in the rural areas pay a lot of taxes that go to mass public transportation in urban areas that gives them absolutely no benefit.