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minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIt doesn’t work that way because of how completely spread apart the US is. It would take much more money per square mile and much, much, longer to do.
minus-squarefilthy_lint_ball@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt is exactly how it works - that’s purely american exceptionalism… China, India, Japan (which is REALLY spread out, btw!) are also big and sparse, that doesn’t stop them from doing such things
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoJapan is small, and LOL if you think most of China and india have great internet, and not just some of their more major cities.
It doesn’t work that way because of how completely spread apart the US is. It would take much more money per square mile and much, much, longer to do.
It is exactly how it works - that’s purely american exceptionalism… China, India, Japan (which is REALLY spread out, btw!) are also big and sparse, that doesn’t stop them from doing such things
Japan is small, and LOL if you think most of China and india have great internet, and not just some of their more major cities.