Low latency is not what you think it is.
Latency is the time it takes to get a response. Say you are playing a streaming game, latency affects how long it takes the game to register your button presses and for the action you commanded to appear on your screen. Similarly if you are using remote desktop and you type sometimes latency affects how long it takes for the result of your typing to appear on screen.
By the way, fibre is much better than an ancient T1 line in this respect. As well as offer 20Gbps of bandwidth on consumer lines, ping times are extremely low as well. If you are using high bandwidth interactive services that's what you need, both of those things.
Was the cost of installing phone lines or electricity lines recouped? Or the cost of building roads all the way out there that hardly anyone uses? What about water supply?
Maybe not, but it was worth doing anyway.
Yes, many places are short sighted and dumb.
I know next to nothing about the details of internet service types, but I can tell you you that water supplies are not generally run to rural areas. In rural areas the vast majority of water is supplied by wells dug on the property. Sewage is handled with holding tanks and drain fields, also on the property. Up until 19 years ago the 2 mile long road to our neighborhood from the state road was dirt, our neighborhood had to pay to have it paved. Electricity supply and landline phone service costs are certainly recouped, FPL and Ma Bell see to that.
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