It's actually a embarrassing that this country can neither build a somewhat simple healthcare website and has some of the slowest access speeds in the world.
I remember going to Bulgaria over the years for business and you can get a 100Mbps symmetrical connection for - wait for it - $40 USD.
WISP is an interesting concept and has a better economic model. If you look at proposed 5G wireless speeds, you're looking at 10Gbps+ Even LTE today at 30-50Mbps is better than any non-Gig Fiber to the home (aside from the FIOS service available to maybe 10,000 people in LA)
The biggest problem is and will be AT&T and TWC with their collusion. Government regulation needs to intervene here otherwise private sector simply stands no chance.
Trust me - I want even 100Mbps connection. It's frustrating.
Going back to the concept of a WISP - now that's some innovation if you could make it happen.
There was a company on HN a few months back that made long-range WiFi domed Tx/Rx units that could be mounted on poles, etc.
Anyone have that link?