dead spots near urban areas
I have great broadband service competition here in town, including 3/4G. Four miles away there is a stretch of road with a100+ families with no celular service (a terrain shadow area), no cable service, no fixed wireless Internet, and the landline phone is via an older repeater system that supports UP TO 28K max dial-up. No other Internet over copper is possible. AT&T has said for years it would upgrade the phone lines there, but near as anyone can tell, they are waiting for a bigger government hand-out.