And the city dwelling socialists should practice what they preach and not deride the rednecks when they dare to want internet access too. You see, country folk understand that when leftist politicians talk about equality, they don't mean equality for the people in flyover country. The thread starter called the town "Nowheresville KY". Tell me how you would vote if the left talked that way about you.

Their cheapest plan is $35.95/month for 25Mbps. 100Mbps is $55.95/month. 1Gbps is $99.95. That's just for broadband. Phone and TV are extra. They charge enough to amortize the investment.

The loans are low interest. How much interest does the government pay? Zero point what percent?

Just because the likes of Comcast make money hand over fist doesn't mean that's the only way. The P.R.T.C. is a non-profit corporation.

$45 million for 7000 drops is $6500 per drop ($30/month for 20 years is $7200). That's not cheap, but not outrageously expensive either. A copper network would have cost more. The only alternatives would have been to tell them to forget about broadband or to go wireless, which is not much different. Somebody has to live there and do the actual farming and you can't tell these people "no internet for you!" People can't all live in cities.

Fiber is easier and cheaper than copper. If you can have a landline phone, you should be able to have a fiber to the home connection. Anybody who tells you differently is lying.