This is a little to late for the system going into the US. Broadband is going into rural America at a very fast rate and this venture will go down the tubes completely. They should of done a couple of years ago and the company that is putting in the broadband has interconnect with all the location so no location can go down Furthermore it is the biggest ISP in the US. The bottom line in a year they will go under as it would not be required as the electric coops are putting in broadband by fixed wireless..
Maybe broadband is going into rural areas at a fast rate where you are at, but in most of the areas I see(MO-ND) there has been essentially no movement(as a whole) in the last couple of years. Even if it were, those areas will still need backbone transit, which is what we are talking about here.
