Why is Rural America's Internet So Bad?

As more Americans move to the suburbs and work from home, with many planning to stay, demand for high-speed internet in less populated areas has skyrocketed. But supply isn't keeping up. Could services like 5G or Elon Musk's Starlink solve this crisis?

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[florianjansen]

Who else was expecting Starlink to be mentioned?

[meneither]

When a dude living on minimum wage in the woods of Estonia has a better connection speed than 95% of Americans.

[NorwayChallenge]

The fact that the world wide web has been a thing for thirty years and the situation is still that bad in the world's largest economy is insane.

[eric]

So the country where the major and innovative technology companies reside does not even have sufficient internet for it's people?

[chasingsystems]

Ha I can finally say my third world internet is better than someone's

[bproject]

Remember in 2000 when AT&T got several billion dollars to start digging for fiber, but never did? Pepperidge farm 'members.

[ruknot]

I live in rural Russia, getting fiber for 5 miles and connecting 3 houses on our street coated us 2000$. Half a gigabit upload/download costs 40$ a month. How is it so expensive in the us?

[sachin]

you guys need Jio fibre optical internet 👍🏻.

[John-snhl]

Stupid monopolies in America....

Our internet companies have insanity money. They can lay plenty of fiber.

[kaustubhumak]

Indian rural areas have 8 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speeds(minimum) at less than 7 dollars per month. thanks to Jio

[carloscoto]

Great story! Germany is going through something similar in rural areas, where getting internet from neighbor countries is actually cheaper than paying for a German internet provider.

[mullerstephan]

9:00 that closing argument makes absolutely no sense: "quickly upload you payroll"... really? I don't think thats an issue.

[jzesu]

In the Philippines, even cities have bad Internet not to mention expensive.

[moatplay]

I was expecting to hear about 5G and starlink wireless internet services.

[TheRoute.]

Has a person that has driven across USA through small rural towns to big cities, I tell you it's not only internet but also but cell phone service in some rural areas.

[rickyliow]

And they say Freedom makes their country fast internet! FAST INTERNET MAKES A COUNTRY GREAT !!!

[icodefor]

This is so funny because in Thailand even in the far away provinces its normal to have 100-200MBPS DOWN, and 10-100MBPS UP.

[pigroachgameingkhando]

Tell me about bad Internet in Rural Alaska. Worst of the worst I can tell

[vismantas]

Not gonna talk about STARLINK in this vid??

[Murbz]

While it is worse in rural areas, this is how it is everywhere in USA. You must check what ISPs support a house before moving there because you probably don't have any choices and it probably won't ever change. Internet in USA sucks. Even in big cities, internet is not going to compare to other first world countries.