Why was that the solution?
Its really bringing to mind all the issues the US has with infrastructure implementation on dry land. Sigh.
“Hey, Comcast, I need internet at my new address”
“Sure, where is it?”
“60mi south of the Louisiana coast line and 45mi east of Mexico”
“…hmm, yea we can probably swing that, it’ll be an extra $10k for ftth, otherwise we’re only running copper”
Also, consumer ISPs like Comcast are the worst. If you have good relationships in your neighborhood/municipality, going collective like with SCANI/Freifunk is always going to be more interesting and useful.
This map is a bit more informative as to what's going on there -- the gulf of mexico network is page 2.
Even if we were superhumanly competent at on-land infra, you still have to negotiate right of way and bury hundreds of miles of cable overland. The ocean way they just drop the cable off of the back of a boat.