said by jmck:that's the cost of living in a rural area, the property and taxes are usually way less expensive and you don't get paved roads, street lights or wired high speed internet and so on.
You would be pretty surprised of how "rural" I actually am, along with how close I am to wired and fibre access. That is the main kicker for me, and the true digital divide. It's not like high speed is tens of KM from me. It is a quick jog down the road.
I am on one acre, with the typical size of lots being 1 to 2 acres. Many neighbourhoods are pretty much one acre... especially those that lack city sewer services and use septic.
This is literally a neighbourhood that doesn't have any DSL here.... it is just that some parts were lucky enough to get Cogeco cable.
My line run is pretty much a digital divide... within 3 KM... Fibre to the pole.... the other direction 2 KM, fibre to the pole... the 3rd direction Cogeco (but no Bell DSL... we are on the same line run for landline copper back to the CO). The 4th direction is yet to be developed.
Unfortunately I am not at the cusp of being the envy of anybody! LOL And I think the pictures show it! LOL
You would also be surprised at the actual wireline internet coverage in many areas now. Huge acreages (one I know of, 40 acres... another house I checked... 200 acres) with great FTTN or better. This acreages might be 10 KM from me.
On another thread, I was around Renfrew and posted some pictures, and the outskirts when I had some time to kill there. Lots of fibre and 7330's in some pretty remote areas. Castleford and River Road... near rural renfrew has a 7330. Golden Lake is fibre.... Round Lake is FTTN.
Those areas likely have less population density than mine per KM.
It's likely Bell intentionally or unintenionally missed a line run in my case.
I would also argue against some of the perceptions of lack profitability in rural areas for wireline companies. Usually there is only one provider of access for wireline. Usually the disruption for work and overall job is alot less complicated. Usually you can go aerial to the pole in front of the house.
I will also generalize by stating, rural areas and people often have money, and don't argue over paying less than $40 for a 25 Mbps service in their 1.5 bedroom condo.... and then whine about a 300 gig cap or something! LOL
In my case, if I had the choice of anything Bell offered, I would be doing the 175/175 plan, or 250/250 business plan..... I would pay around $400 monthly for either! I'm here to do business, Bell! LOL
Anyways, I don't want to turn this into a rural vs urban flame.... I really wish everyone great access....