On a recent trip to Sweden, I saw multiples of the bandwidth I'm used to advertised for a fraction of the price. For that definition of "it," I'd pay "it" in a heartbeat.
With neighborhood deals you can push those prices a bit.
Most (major) train lines have fiber buried next to them that is leased by the various telecoms which helped the expansion.
[Edit] Looked it up and a rural town in the southern parts where I used to live offers 1000/1000 from 5 different ISP's who are apparently fighting. They've all lowered prices recently, cheapest is at ~$30/month.
Yes indeed. Most people don't know that. Here's a little piece of related trivia:
Long before wireless was a thing, people wanted to bypass the AT&T long distance voice telecom monopoly. Actually, long before voice communications were a thing, people wanted to send telegrams.
Hmmm ... as you note, there are train lines all over. Perfect for right of way to run telegraph wires, and eventually to run long distance fiber.
A relatively modern name arising from that: Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications
Sprint for short.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Corporation#Southern_Pa...