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Except rural electrification is a thing and putting a fiber cable on the same poles is not expensive.

The reason you’re seeing that happening is because most states ban electric companies from also providing internet.

I live in a rural area. My state doesn’t ban this. My internet comes from my electric company.

Those “radios” you put up are far more likely to fail than glass.



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