their equipment replacement costs to be $410 million and $300 million, respectively, for example. The time and cash it will take for already-struggling rural providers to recuperate could exacerbate the rural US' broadband divide: Fewer than two-thirds of rural US residents had broadband access in 2019, compared with three-quarters of urban residents, With newly-granted government funding, SpaceX shows promise in filling in connectivity gaps in rural US regions.
a spotlight on insufficient access in rural areas and as rural providers contend with swapping out equipment.Join other Insider Intelligence clients who receive this Briefing, along with other Connectivity & Tech forecasts, briefings, charts, and research reports to their inboxes each day.
Of course Elon Musk has already sold out to China so the CCP will be fine with either.