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		ftth_finland on March 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Internet providers have left rural Americans behin... Wireless tech is a flash in the pan. The gear has to be replaced every few years as it ages out. Contrast that to fiber, you install it once and use it for decades. Government should only be subsidizing permanent infrastructure.

ak217 on March 17, 2024 [–]

Not my experience, and even if the depreciation is faster, the capex is so much lower that point-to-point wireless still comes out ahead.

ftth_finland on March 17, 2024 | [–]

It's not just the capex, but the opex also. Forklift upgrades aren't free. Furthermore new wireless kit like Tarana is expensive.

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