• sasquatch7704@lemmy.world
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          14 minutes ago

          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.

          • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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            6 minutes ago

            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.