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Oh so now there’s also fiber is there?

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Obviously there is fiber, copper is usually “last mile”. Its cheaper to have a long fiber and short copper. Copper more or less anyone can install, fiber is more specialized.

I’m not proposing to reinvent the wheel, just continue what has proven to work.

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You don’t seem to be getting it. Where is the fiber coming from? These properties almost certainly have only copper the whole way, so in order to upgrade them to decent internet they would have to completely relay the fiber line, and unlike copper, fiber requires electricity so then they have to lay an electrical line as well. It’s like a whole thing.

It’s only economically viable to do that when there’s going to be a large population density at the other end for small rural locations it really isn’t worth it.

Your opinion is not unpopular, it is simply uninformed.

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Copper at decent speeds requires more signal amplification then fiber

Single-Mode Fiber (SMF): Max Length: Up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) or more without needing signal boosters or amplifiers

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The Australian government is heavily criticised for half-assing fibre internet because they did copper to the house in most cases. We still, a decade later, have one of the worst internet in the western world.

I think satellites are likely much cheaper to deliver internet to a whole continent than trying to run bloody copper.

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