Why is it hard for rural areas to get home internet even if they have good phone service?

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Edit: *good cellphone data service*

What’s the difference between watching Netflix on mobile vs home internet? Why can’t a similar technology of radiowaves or satellite be used?

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because the definition of good is massively different for voice and data, as well as capacity and bandwidth, both up and down for what your doing on the internet.

The average VOIP call (digital) requires approximately 100Kbps
a “basic website” (no video) needs at least 900Kbps to load effectively
basic online games need at least 3 Mbps down and 1 MBps up

Those are really big differences and does not take into account quality of the signal/response.

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