[quote=@Galaxy Raider]
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I live ina super rural area on a back road between two small towns. So few people live out here that they've never bothered upgrading the lines that run to our house. We still have copper wire instead of fiber.
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The problem is that in most areas (at least here), the fiber runs along the length of the road, but switches to copper to actually get to houses. That means no real savings.

[quote=@Galaxy Raider]
Just to put it in perspective for all of you, my housewide, and note I'm saying housewide and not just individual, bandwidth on my internet is only 1.3 MB. It's so frustrating.
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Fun fact: internet speeds are measured in megabits, which are 1/8 of a megabyte. Your internet would be .1625 MB/s, or 162.5 KB/s.