Well, costs differ, but with specialised equipment & fast track city bureaucracy (with the specialised equipment) they could be much less then they are.
Especially in rural areas one of them giant subsoilers could do miles a day next to the road & just fix things as they break.
This isn’t better than a proper maintainable shaft with working access points etc, but for a sort of community ISP it would do.
But proper networking equipment is hella expensive too, you need significant throughput, low lag, reliable service, redundancies, proper space, etc.
… the real question would be why isn’t core infrastructure considered a pubic good & in hands of the gov (they get access to the data anyway). For profit internet access can get really tricky really fast.
Well, costs differ, but with specialised equipment & fast track city bureaucracy (with the specialised equipment) they could be much less then they are.
Especially in rural areas one of them giant subsoilers could do miles a day next to the road & just fix things as they break.
This isn’t better than a proper maintainable shaft with working access points etc, but for a sort of community ISP it would do.
But proper networking equipment is hella expensive too, you need significant throughput, low lag, reliable service, redundancies, proper space, etc.
… the real question would be why isn’t core infrastructure considered a pubic good & in hands of the gov (they get access to the data anyway). For profit internet access can get really tricky really fast.